matenzio
- Date posted
- 6y
MaroonedDreamsMaroonedDreams
- Date posted
- 6y
Bad sleep really does a number on my mood. Good sleep is very important for mental health broadly speaking. Not just optimum length of time slept, but also consistent bedtimes at night.
Seacliff SeagullSeacliff Sea...
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes, absolutely. Even if I sleep a full 7-8 hours, if I sleep at a weird time, like 5-6 am, I will feel very anxious when I wake up the next day, for no tangible reason. It is like a physical sensation of generalized anxiety. The effect also compounds for me - if I sleep that late for days in a row, each subsequent day I feel more anxious, to the point of waking up feeling mildly panicked. I'm actually going through this this week - before this week, I was regularly sleeping at a normal hour. This week I've been sleeping between 3-6 am, and man, I haven't had my anxiety spike this high in a while! I was already planning to sleep earlier tonight, but this only further reminds me how arbitrary anxiety from ocd can be - if sleeping early can have such a profound effect, is what we're worrying about really worth all our time and energy? No! It never is! I don't know if sleeping early can help everyone, but I encouraged anyone to try it - it can't hurt! I hope you can sleep early tonight and feel better soon. <3
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baukje
- Date posted
- 18w
Morning dread
I always feel the most anxiety and dread in the morning. That’s when I start overthinking a lot, and it becomes really hard not to seek reassurance on the internet and so on. What do you all do to ease the morning anxiety a bit?
sara.mn
- Date posted
- 18w
22:22 scary numbers
One of my first memories of OCD was from when I was about 8-12 years old. I’ve always struggled with sleeping and prone to twisting and turning due to my brain going like 🧠 🗣️🗣️🗣️ Anyways once I couldn’t sleep and got out of bed one of my parents said, with compassion, ”oh it’s so late, why are you awake it’s school tomorrow” and when they followed me to my room I saw that the time was 22:22 and I felt a really scary feeling in my chest (today I know it was anxiety) and from that day on the time 22:22 🕰️ followed me for years. I was twisting and turning and feeling anxious about my digital clock (I’m a 90s girly) turning 22:22. I could get issues taking deep breaths, being sweaty, uncomfortable and scared and feeling like ”ITS SOON 22:22 AND WHEN THE TIME PASSES IT WILL BE TOO LATE”. I never really understood exactly what was going to be ”too late” but I’m guessing it was getting too little sleep absolutely blown out of proportion. As soon it passed 22:22 it was all good and I could fall asleep 😴 I don’t struggle with those numbers today instead I smile and feel compassionate towards little me. Still OCD sucks, I still struggle with sleep times to times and do have some magical thinking but the big difference is that I logically know that it’s not real even if it emotionally sometimes feel that way. Take care out there. If this made you feel less lonely, wanna share your first memories of OCD? ❤️
CrazyLizardLady
- Date posted
- 17w
Does anyone struggle the worst at night?
I feel like it’s just me. But at night when I start to fall asleep, play on my phone, or watch TV; I’ll get major intrusive thoughts and a butt load of anxiety. Has anyone felt the same about this? How have you managed it? It’s getting exhausting and even causes me to sleep-less.
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