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 ever just felt weird? It’s hard to explain but I just feel weird lately. I usually suffer with harm OCD and I feel like lately I’m not reacting to things I normally would. There’s certain things that will trigger me a little but then other times (like over the last few days) it’s like I feel nothing. I’ll get thoughts and because I don’t feel the physical sensation in my chest or get very emotional like I normally would it’s weird to me. Does this mean I’m liking the thoughts now? Or like I’m comfortable with those actions happening? I’m so confused. Has anyone ever gone through this?
Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
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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