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
Yes. The more you are stressed over something, the more likely it’ll pop up in your dreams.
@Nica Thanks for commenting Nica. It gets so stressful sometimes because it feels like these thoughts will never go away and it makes you feel in denial
Yes I can relate to this. Sometimes my dreams will be really really stressful and play out the situation I am obsessing about. They also can be very vivid and feel like it actually happened. I just started medication for this very thing. I can’t say if it has helped because it is too soon but the thought of taking something to ease the dreams does help the thought process. Hope you feel better soon
@Sunday & Salem I’m glad I’m not alone. The more vivid, the more detailed, it feels so horrible
Same here. I have very vivid dreams and can have very disturbing events occur in my dream. I just remind myself that dreams aren’t real and are just a bunch of random occurrences. Like I had a dream I was in hogwarts with a magic wand. If that isn’t real why do my so-ocd dreams have to be real? Well they are not real :)
I do my rituals in my sleep I’m tired of arguing with myself in my sleep if that makes sense x
I know people say ocd can manifest in your dreams. I had a semi sexual dream, in that there was a naked woman and I enjoyed the dream so surely that can't be ocd. Idk this shit is annoying.
So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
I had a really bad nightmare revolving around one of my big themes and I woke up with the panic still left over the dream as if it was real and I kept thinking about the situations. I tried to tell myself it was just a dream, but then it made me question real life. So then it was a cycle of ruminating about the events as though they were real and my reality which really messed me up bc my biggest theme right now is becoming schizophrenic/catatonic/"crazy." I feel stuck in a loop, I've tried saying the "maybes" and even talking to my partner about other things but it just keeps looping in my head "am I crazy?" "I can't differentiate between dreams" "I feel like I'm stuck in my head and I can't even talk". Any tips? I feel like I'm at the crescendo of my 20 years (lifelong) ocd due to stress from moving soon.
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