dreams and OCD

Yes, the more you obsess while you’re awake the more likely you will also dream about that thing. That’s why stress dreams are a reality.

I have this happen so frequently now and I’ve posted about it a couple of times because I’ve had that same worry. From what I’ve been told dreams mean nothing. The user drak4 told me that sometimes it’s good to think of dreams as “spam of the brain” and I like that. It’s not a sign, it’s not the subconscious revealing some hidden truth, It’s just because you’re worrying/obsessing about it so it’s showing up in dreams. I totally get the feeling like things are a sign. It’s difficult to deal with but don’t let your mind fool you.

Agreed, I sometimes think that my dreams are subconscious desires and it's extremely triggering. I'll wake up and be in a trance for a while, the more thought I put to it the longer it lingers. Now when I wake up from these dreams I try and recognize how random dreams are, I recall other (non-triggering) dreams that have had no meaning at all and how wild they were!

I am not here to push any agenda— I simply want to share my experience. I am a Christian and believe God does speak to us in our life through His voice, through other people and to us in our dreams — i also believe evil forces through nightmares can attack our subconscious— you may want to dive into your spiritual questions and try praying, see if it brings you more peace

Don't look to deep into the meaning behind ur dreams our OCD shows up in our dreams n we should treat these bad dreams the same as intrusive thoughts

I’ve been struggling with this lately. I’ve questioned the validity and meaning of dreams once my OCD thoughts had begun to manifest in my dreams. Whereas I’ve thought of dreams in a spiritual sense, my wife has described them as either meaningless or reflections of the subconscious. I’ve also tried dissecting my dreams so that the absurdity of them would provide me with reassurance, but I get fearful sometimes that this may fuel my OCD further.

This might seem silly but I heard on Kimberly Quinlan’s podcast for anxiety/OCD sufferers that “dreams are just thoughts you have at night”. So, just like part of treatment is to learn that thoughts that come across our brains during the day don’t hold meaning, that’s what dreams are as well. Try not to read into the significance too much! That compulsion to find the answer can make it harder to not notice those dreams/thoughts. I’ve absolutely been there!