Anyone else relate? It seems the second I wake up, the intrusive thoughts immediately hit and it’s so hard not to give in. Funny how this used to be at night. Now my nights seem to be OK. I hate when OCD switches it up! 😩
Really bad in the morning for me too. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I usually will have those intrusive thoughts that lead into now a panic attack. But with the morning it’s been so difficult to even get out of bed and get ready. I’ve been trying to get up when my husband gets up so by the time he leaves for work I’m ready and then I do some journaling until I have to leave
@ashocd Love journaling so much! I also get intrusive thoughts in the middle of the night if I wake up. It’s such a roller coaster, isn’t it?
Mornings are the worst. I find it’s hard for me to get out of bed on time because all I wanna do is sleep-to get the escape from my mind
@Ricky01 I hear you. Mine has gotten a little better recently. I hope yours does too!
Stay strong. You've got this
@Invalid Thanks, I guess the mornings can’t last forever
I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?
OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
I don’t know how to deal with the thoughts that come and barely gone. Usually, the brain often remembers and forgets things. People with OCD however struggle with trying to forget the intrusive thoughts because of the imbalance trying to convey what is real and if the thoughts in your head will come true. Just for the past few days, I was having fun and suddenly hit with a wave of obsessive thoughts and making me stuck with nowhere to go.
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