this could be a coincidence
but does anyone else’s intrusive thoughts and false memories get worse during the night or like as soon as the sun sets? it’s gotten to a point now where i dread the sun setting because ik it’s gonna be worse. i don’t know if this has anything to do with ocd??
Yeah for me. I think it’s because at night I spend more time alone at night so my thought run a little more wild.
Yes, this happened to me too! Idk what it is but I definitely have a hard time going to sleep because of my thoughts at night.
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Hey there, it's okay to feel anxious about this, we all have our own unique triggers and it seems like nighttime might be challenging for you right now. You're not alone with these feelings, quite a few people here have mentioned similar experiences. This community is here for you 🤗. If I may, I'd like to share something that has really made a difference for me when OCD gets challenging – it's an AI OCD therapy tool I came across, called "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try). I heard about this from my OCD support group, and it was a game changer. I wished I had known about it earlier. What’s particularly great about it is it creates a personalized, step-by-step approach, just like an OCD therapist, which could be really beneficial when your thoughts become more intrusive at night. It could help you navigate those moments more comfortably 😊. So, if you have any questions about it or want to chat more, feel free to let me know. We're in this together!
Why is night so hard to resist compulsions. I have this idea in my head or my ocd tells me that my thoughts will be stuck with me or it will become real if I don’t do the compulsion before I fall asleep
does anyone else’s thoughts/compulsions get worse as it gets later in the day?
Ever since I started 5th grade I’ve had a lot of trouble sleeping. At one point I could sleep up to 15 hours at once because it was like my mind trapped me there and my whole body and thought process was frozen outside of the real world. At another point in time I was obsessed with getting exactly 8 hours. Now, I cannot sleep at night no matter how tired I am. It’s as if sleeping when it’s dark outside makes my intrusive thoughts worse. But as soon as the sun starts to rise, I pass out and stay asleep forever and just like before, I get stuck in my sleep. My dreams become awful, endless nightmares (I’ve had these since I was 4 or 5 but they’ve somehow gotten worse). Like I have no idea what I’m going to do once the nights get longer during fall and winter and I have to go to classes during the day. Part of it may be medication or my other medical condition but a lot of it seems like it’s a part of my OCD or another mental illness. Has anyone else had a sleep problem like this?
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