- Date posted
- 5y ago
- Date posted
- 5y ago
This dream you had is scaring you, I can totally understand. Then, it became an obsession. First i want to tell you that it's just OCD and not true, doesn't represent who you are. That's why it causes you anxiety. Just follow ERP. Stay with that thought and experience the anxiety by removing the compulsive behaviour that makes you feel safe (such as avoiding the thought). With that way, you experience habituation, your stress levels come down naturally and the thoughts are going to fade away on their own. I want to recommend you a YouTube channel that personally helps me with my OCD. It is called Restored Minds and you should watch the videos from the beggining. I'm sure it will help you. :)
- Date posted
- 5y ago
A lot of people on here worry about their dreams. But remember: your dreaming brain has just as much OCD as your waking brain. Treat it the same.
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Can I ask you what the dream was about? I‘m sorry for waking up anxious, but remember, it‘s not a shame to feel sometimes anxious. You woke up anxious? Do the best damn self care you can for yourself. Go out when you wake up, go for a walk and just enjoy the fresh air in the morning. Don‘t try to think too much, I know it‘s not easy as it‘s sounds but what helps me is to concentrate on my breathing. Talk to somebody or write about your problem. Cry if you feel like it! Watch a movie, listening to some music. Meet a friend or talk with somebody about your problem. Maybe you can write about your problem or about your dream? Just do something that makes you feel comfortable! No matter what it is. These ideas above where just some things that help me a lot when I feel anxious because of my HOCD. Be there for yourself, care for yourself! ✨ you are not alone, please remember that!
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you guys. It really scare me. In my dream felt uncomfortable/aroused. And just mainly weird. It made me overthink. Thanks for the advice.
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- 25w ago
So something that kinda pops up with my anxiety is about a year or so ago i ate an edible gummy after not doing anything for a while and i tripped out really bad… for example i thought i was gonna overdose and die, and that i was already dead.. that is the most fear i have felt in my entire life, and even though its over and has been over i have this constant fear in my mind “what if your still high and this is all a dream” or “your gonna wake up and it will still be that night” i never wanna feel that way again. i can’t even go around the smell of weed with out freaking out. i can’t take pills, or vitamin gummies because “what if it will make me high” when it comes to sleeping i wanna try this dr teals sleep blend but i struggle so much with it because of my mind saying “it will make you feel high”.. even when i feel tired i feel scared cause it reminds me of feeling high.. its just i feel so stuck with the same reaccrujng thought “this could be the time you wake up and it was all just a dream” “you could wake up from coma and this was all imagined” i don’t know what else to do, its my own mind no one can help me and that sucks i don’t know how to win the battle when it’s such a deep rooted fear. i feel like im pushing my family away. i feel so numb.
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- Date posted
- 22w ago
something that really bugs me and gets in my head with my rocd is that for most of my relationship i’ve had this nagging anxiety and ocd about it. i can accept my thoughts for the most part, but have this underlying fear that this one could really mean something and that makes me feel guilty! i don’t want to loose her but my mind tells me i do because ive had these thoughts. it’s even coming up in my dreams now! i had a dream last night that i cheated and it made me panic all today and feel so bad and this thought came up again! any advice?
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- Date posted
- 13w ago
This might contain triggering content, but I'm also wondering if others have dealt with this similar thought, and if so, how to deal with it? Overall, I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm able to eat again, which I hadn't been able to do because of how much anxiety I'd been experiencing. I'm spending time around loved ones and not just rotting in my room, and I've been able to wake up without immediately being bombarded by intrusive thoughts. When things first got really bad, I'd wake my mom up every night for reassurance, but I haven't done that in a while either. I'm really proud of myself, but there's still this nagging thought in my mind... While looking through others posts on here, hoping to find advice that'd fit my situation, I ended up making things worse. Someone mentioned how they had a fear that they'd purposely search for illegal content (related to POCD). I panicked, and "what ifs" flooded my thoughts. "What if the intrusive thoughts affect who I am as a person, and I do that?" I'm terrified that I'll search for those things, which I know means I wouldn't do it. But then, another person on here said they'd actually looked for those things, and that freaked me out even more. Does that mean it's possible for that to happen to me? I don't want to do that, but I keep having intrusive thoughts surrounding it. I've been doing so well these past few days. I'm just... stuck. I don't know what to do. I've spoken with other people who have the same fears, but how do I manage this? It's not something I've even thought about before seeing those posts. I've been practicing accepting the uncertainty, but I'm really struggling with this one. I hate this. This morning, I woke up, and the intrusive thoughts were back. It's just disheartening.
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