I woke up up from a nap today and as soon as I opened my eyes I was greeted with extreme feelings of sadness as if I wanted to to cry literally it was so heavy. Has any ever experienced that
Yes! So many times, especially when I'm very stressed, I wake up and feel like another person is sitting on my chest
@Lovely.Venus<3 I know it’s so heavy it’s like slowly being crushed by emotion
Yep…I’ve noticed it happens if I ever take a nap that’s longer than an hour. There’s actually a science to this! Sleeping for longer than twenty or so minutes enters your brain into REM sleep. REM sleep is where your brain begins to reorganize and sort memories while resting the body; however, this is UNDER the assumption that you are sleeping for the night. To wake up during REM sleep can upset that circadian rhythm and carry with it some side effects (usually extreme grogginess). Here’s the added caveat though—having mental illness I find only adds to this. Whenever I wake up, I’m not just groggy. I’m depressed and forlorn. I battle depression alongside my OCD, so I’m not surprised it happens, but it can be really overwhelming. During my worst depressive/OCD episodes, I will sometimes wake up with tears in my eyes. Naps are unfortunately not always beneficial for our minds. 😕
@Cinnamoroll I really appreciate that insight cinnamon wow I never new it had a lot to do with those factors I woke up up from a nap today 2x feels so sad like I wanted to cry I was so sad and doting my sleep I had feelings of uneasyness do you know this feelings thay are a nightmare mare this has been a challenging year emotionally I also suffer with ocd an derealization I thank you for your insight again
Yes
@Nica It’s a tough one right
Yeah I wake up and I'm like I can't believe this is my life and I just wanna cry
@gom It’s a tough one I know it all to well you get reminded of your state of mind but we will overcome this I promise I wish you well
Has anyone on here been on Lexapro before ? I just recently started it and I just wanted to see if anyone went through similar symptoms and if they went away at all. It started out as me feeling extremely tired all day long and now recently I feel numb like I have no feeling or reaction to anything like I used to before starting this medication. Has anyone gone through this? Does it go away after a while? Do you end up feeling normal and able to cope with the OCD better? Any feedback would be really helpful. Thank you
I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?
I posted about this the other day and a therapist responded that if it has the usual ocd tells, then it’s most likely ocd. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. They say even if it’s new for you chances are others have had the same or similar ocd experience. So, this is new for me and just like when I get an intrusive thought i’ve recently been getting what I call intrusive emotions. I will feel something like sad or jealous in a situation when in reality I don’t feel that way at all. For example, my ocd targets certain family members and if one of them is watching tv and thinks a woman is pretty i’ll suddenly feel sad or jealous when I don’t actually care or feel that way because that’s my family member and I don’t think about or feel for them in any inappropriate way. Also, sometimes when I have a harm intrusive thought my ocd will say that I want something horrible to happen to my family member and I will feel like I actually want it but that’s not what I want or how I feel at all. Is there anyone who has had this or something similar happen?
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