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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. :)
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.
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!
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.
I just woke up from a dream where I was helping with someone’s baby, and I was excited to help them change their diaper. I don’t think I had evil intentions in the dream because I didn’t think anything creepy, but it makes me feel weird that I was excited. I think I was just excited to help with the baby but I also in the dream was nervous because I didn’t want to look at their privates. My mom was with me and I was asking her questions about what to do, so it makes me feel better she was with me like I really didn’t have evil intentions. But it still makes me feel uncomfortable and I woke up before actually going near their diaper. I feel anxious and my heart is racing because I feel like I wasn’t in a deep sleep and like I was fantasizing. I in real like have zero desire to go near a baby and I know I would be too afraid to help change a diaper. But also now I keep having images of them without the diaper in my head and it feels like I’m fantasizing. I don’t care about a child’s privates, it’s none of my business. I think the only reason I had this dream is because I worry with intrusive thoughts about harming children a lot in the day. But I’ve been up a lot of the night and again makes me worried that I wasn’t all the way asleep and was enjoying it. People have told me not to pay attention to dreams but it’s just hard not to.
I had these horrible nightmares that covered the most disturbing of my ocd subtypes and intrusive thoughts. They were so vivid and all disturbing and I just woke up. Thoughts of what if it’s something you want or other what ifs. And I’m so uncomfortable which is an understatement. I don’t even want up get up because I’m so uncomfortable. This is awful
Hey everyone. So I have ocd, as well as everyone here of course, but! I’m having a bad issue. So I deal with fear of psychosis very badly and I got a lot of anxiety from having dpdr a few years ago that have lingered . Well Ive been dreaming very badly and having terrible nightmares and in my dreams I’m screaming to wake up. I don’t understand it. But its like in my dreams im so so scared of dpdr and psychosis and scary stuff happens in them. It’s causing a lot of distress , to the point I dread sleeping. Now in real life I’m scared sometimes I’ll see or hear things and I’m scared I’ll be stuck in dpdr forever and everything. But I’ve been doing better at calming down. But my dreams are so so so bad. I mean I’m waking up sweating and then being scared to get up bc I’m having horrible nightmares with weird shit happening in them. Anyone experience anything like this. And now my heads like what if I’m getting psychosis 🤦♀️. It’s like no break for me. It’s horrible.
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