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- JrPositive
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- 1y ago
Why is anxiety worse in the day? I love nights 🌙
Is there a reason why anxiety is better at night for some people. I relax in the evenings but I'm in pain in the days. Panic attacks are debilitating
Is there a reason why anxiety is better at night for some people. I relax in the evenings but I'm in pain in the days. Panic attacks are debilitating
I'm going through this cycle now, too. I'm sorry youre dealing with it. From other posts, I think you've mentioned you're quite young. I had OCD when I was young too so I can relate. I hope you're able to do ERP... it's helped me a lot. I still have some times where I struggle, of course, but overall I am able to do so much more than before ERP. I'm trying to do ERP despite this challenge but it's so much harder to do when I'm already in panic mode. I haven't quite figured out how to manage it when this happens.
I have the same issue. One of the reasons some of us have the daytime anxiety (according to some experts) is that our body generates a new supply of cortisol, which is the "stress hormone". It's one of the things that helps us wake up in the morning. Our brain/body may keep that flowing as our OCD symptoms flare up. In theory, we may run out of cortisol and adrenaline at some point during the day if it's flowing all day... I don't believe the body can produce an unlimited supply of it. So, our evenings are peaceful. Our bodies recharge and then it begins again in the morning.
Thank you, Ocd is not even the problem anymore im just emotionally exhausted. I'm not burnt out I'm just exhausted emotionally and mentally. Hopefully it goes away. 😀
I am not a specialist. However I think OCD has a lot to do with sleep schedule..it's true that when I wake up I feel anxious.
My recent intrusive thoughts have been triggering bad panic attacks. Do you guys also get panic attacks or anxiety from your intrusive thoughts? 😣
I've discovered recently that around a few hours after waking up my OCD and anxiety flares up and even when I'm "done" with a compulsion, it just keeps going regardless, because my brain is active and goes back to the thought and keeps adding. The different thoughts are spread out through different hours of the day, but in the morning I can resist, then more in the afternoon it's like I don't have the ability to resist anymore and the anxiety takes over, even if I'm out doing things. It always calms down when it's the next day in the early hours of the morning, the time I also feel the happiest or calmest too. If I "finish" a compulsion or ritual, which is a compulsion, or tell myself this is the time to stop, and wait around 1-3 hours the feeling wears off, but i still get scared I'll do it again which most times i don't do because the anxiety leaves, only at night tho when my brain gets tired. I don't go out a lot so that's the reason I think my brain is becoming more active, and maybe a bit too active. It's become manageable and predictable but obviously still irritating.
Is anyone’s OCD just a 1,000 times worse in the night? To where you’ve convinced yourself (especially if you wake up between 3-5 am)that you’re completely a different person than who you want to be? Sometimes I’m scared it’s like psychosis or something because of how intense the thoughts and feelings are.. Has anyone else felt this way? Is this a symptom of medication wearing off in the night??
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