kodyisland

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

Bad week

i’m having a really hard week. my intrusive thoughts have been super bad and i’ve been compulsing the entire time. on top of that i feel like im not sleeping enough. i might just be over exaggerating but im having a lot of nights where i wake up, check the clock, and then it feels like a minute later i check the clock and its been 3 hours (is that normal??). or i wake up and really cant fall back asleep and am aware of it (today i was up at 4:30). i think im only averaging 5 hours at night im really scared that like im going into a psychosis or something. please someone help

ILikeToReadB...

Date posted: 1y

My best advice for sleep issues and anxiety around how much sleep you’ve had or if you’re sleeping enough is what I read on a forum. When you lay down to go to sleep or when you wake up in the middle of the night tell yourself that you are allowing your body to rest and no matter how much actual sleep you get your body is still resting. Rest is rest and it’s good for you. That’s what I tell myself and my sleep has gotten so much better. Also, you can try 4-7-8 breathing as well, especially when you’re panicking/stressing. Inhale for 4. Hold your breath for 7. Exhale for 8. It will help you calm down.

Brynnie Bear

Date posted: 1y

I’m so sorry. Last night I was in my car and I felt like so miserable that I wanted to jump out of the car but I didn’t-I’m glad that I didn’t but It was really hard I know what that is like to feel so overwhelmed with intrusive thoughts! 💕

Brynnie Bear

Date posted: 1y

I hope you feel better soon I will be praying for you 💕

bencharlton

Date posted: 1y

Advice: do something physically that makes you tired and write down all the intrusive thoughts you have. Don’t share them with anyone. Anytime an intrusive thought comes to mind write it down. Confront your intrusive thoughts

kodyisland

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@bencharlton i go to sleep tired. and i read a book and then listen to like a 3 hour meditation to fall asleep. my problem is i wake up a lot and then the last few nights i’ve been having spans of hours where it feels like i didn’t go back to sleep but also don’t think i was awake ? and i don’t feel super tired really in the morning like i usually do after a bad night so idk if i am sleeping and just overthinking it

bencharlton

Date posted: 1y

@kodyisland Make a note of some sort by your alarm that gives you reassurance that you went back to sleep. That way you don’t risk overthinking it and you find the conclusion

kodyisland

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@bencharlton wdym?

bencharlton

Date posted: 1y

@kodyisland Anytime you wake up and check your phone for the time, put a note saying woke up with the time next to it so you give yourself the reassurance that you woke up. This might help you from overthinking that you didn’t go back to sleep

kodyisland

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@bencharlton well ik when i woke up i just don’t know if i fell back asleep. like example: today i know i checked the clock at 3:35 so i rolled over to try to sleep again and then i feel like 10 minutes later i looked at the clock and it was 4:35

bencharlton

Date posted: 1y

@kodyisland There’s no real way to know if you fell back asleep. Your going to keep overthinking this to the point where it will effect your sleep. You said you don’t feel tired when you wake up. That’s great, you must be going back to sleep. Instead of obsessing over something you don’t know the answer to/ can’t find the answer to, let it ride out. When you start feeling affected sleep wise, that will be your answer as to if your going back to sleep or not.

JFL

Date posted: 1y

I hope you feel better soon. Clock checking at night can also be a big issue for me if I'm not careful. I had my issues with that.

its_izzy

Date posted: 24w

I think i need help…..

Idk whats going on…my mental state hasnt been great these past two weeks. My eating is being affected in a neg way due to transition between therapists, school, and ignoring my sexuality….Ive been taking several different kinds of quizzes over the past week regarding mental health and ED and i realized that if i dont eat enough to feel full i’ll end up sick or worse dead. It doesn’t help that i also just started my period. And i just woke up in the middle of the night with food, hydration, and possibly not waking up in mind. And tried going back to sleep but then i realized that I might actually have a problem on my hands and that jolted me awake. Now im scared of sleeping and not making it through the night….i could easily get up and make myself an oatmeal even though im not hungry atm, but dont wanna wake family that are sleeping in the living room. Im scared of dropping more weight than I already have been and having my nutritionist intervene…. Im realizing that im fucking myself up from not eating well and being too picky and i wanna slap a bandaid on it and just eat everything to hopefully gain some weight before my next nutrition appt. I’m just scared of things getting worse….is this part of OCD or is it just me just plain out ignoring my body cos in feeling like it??? Idk what to believe about myself anymore….

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 23w

sleep deprived and drained

I have barely slept in three days, maybe two hours a night. I feel so overwhelmed and uncomfortable right now. I cannot, for the life of me, stop confessing. I feel absolutely unforgivable, like no matter what it is, I am irredeemable. These waves of guilt and dread keep hitting me so hard. Every time I sleep, all I do is dream-ruminate. I analyze every tiny detail of whatever I am obsessing over, even in my sleep. It almost feels easier to stay awake, not that I have been able to do anything else. I feel so drained. I am scared to sleep. I hate my brain. I feel so anxious.

eea

Date posted: 22w

Help

Lately I have been having really really bad existential ocd the thoughts and compulsions never stop they are even in my dreams I resist compulsions as long as I can but I just want this to go away I keep thinking about how many hours in a day people would have if they weren’t like me I just feel so awful every second I feel like I’m living a double life I only know about I just want this to all go away

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