OCD dreams
I keep having horrible nightmares of me doing terrible things to people. Like being a sexual deviant or something and it scares me and makes me feel bad about myself. Is this normal?
hey Vilkas i'd love to help you out here and hopefully ease your mind a bit. dreams are a wonderful and powerful phenomenon. you can even perfect dreaming and enter lucidity each time you fall into rem sleep, that takes lots of practice for some and comes naturally to others. Dreams can act like an outlet and allow us to express ourselves in ways we wouldn't in reality. so violent dreams no matter the nature of them don't really define who you are, their really more like creative expression. now acting on those dreams and brining them to reality would be bad but as long as they stay dreams your ok. now i understand that you may not be comfortable with dreams like this so in order to influence your mind a bit before bed, watch perhaps your favorite show or video, have your favorite food for dinner, practice meditation and positive mantras. the goal is to have something good to think about before you go to sleep. I hope that helps.
hey there, i'm really sorry to hear that you're dealing with this. it's tough when our dreams and fears can make us question our own self-worth. remember, you're not alone in feeling this way. 💛 by the way, have you heard about this new AI-powered OCD therapy tool called 'unstuck?' i used to be in your shoes, and what really helped me was this free tool that my NOCD therapist recommended. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it offers personal support for intrusive thoughts and fears, kind of like an OCD therapist would. it's at unstuckmyocd.com/try. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have qs or just want to talk more! <3
Anybody relate to having dreams about what they’re obsessing about, like SO-OCD. I just had a dream like that and it was so disturbing. Even in the dream, it felt like I was doing compulsion after compulsion. I’m just tired
Do any of you deal with OCD showing up in your dreams? Just had a dream where I fell for this beautiful girl and I felt so happy and then her face turned into a masculine face and realized it was a man after. In the dream, I even started questioning what if thoughts and scared why this happened. Now, I can’t shake off why the woman’s face I saw turned into a mans and why for a split second I was still thinking it was a woman’s face. I just feel sick and exhausted that I keep having this theme running around my mind. I don’t want to be gay ever and all these thoughts and now dreams make me feel ill
This is a newer and more recent thing for me and i’m wondering if anyone else has had this experience and can explain why. I have been having ocd dreams like intrusive dreams. My ocd is telling me it’s because I want these horrible things but I don’t at all and it’s upsetting that I can’t even get away from ocd when I sleep. This is so draining.
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