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- abbygene27
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Fear
Does anyone else fear they may die in there sleep?
Does anyone else fear they may die in there sleep?
Passing away in my sleep would be a peaceful way to go . One never knows. Life is short. Each day is a blessing, I try to make my peace at the start and end of each day , just in case “my number is up “sorta speak .
uhm yes. i can't go to sleep unless i physically can't keep my eyes open anymore. I always have to be on my phone and watch a show or scroll endlessly
@BeccaPar4 me too, lately my friend and I have been FaceTiming because I can’t not fall slower
@abbygene27 Asleep
@abbygene27 omg same, We have to fall asleep on facetime every night because we're both genuinely terrified. my screen time for facetime is 47 hours just from the start of this week🧍🏽♀️
Yesss
This happened to me before my psychotic episode. I believe it was one of the first signs of my psychosis. Not saying you have psychosis but that’s what it was for me. Very scary to experience. I hope that you can find a way to manage this symptom and get some good sleep.
This is why i have OCD and got diagnosed
@LaylaRed Me too
Yes 😭
@Anonymous813 Mine is so bad I developed insomnia
Mine probably is too
Yes. I had this happen to a dear family friend (she was only 53) and I didn’t sleep for a week. Every time I went to go to bed I had to tell my partner I love you and it terrified me for a while. Overtook any other themes I had. But I had to sleep, it’s vital to my health (always has been important to me and my recovery). So it became its own exposure and I had to resist the compulsions like telling my partner I love them before bed. It’s hard and I don’t wish it on anyone, especially while dealing with the grief of losing a friend.
Yess. I have OME, (I think that’s what it was) and it causes clicking, and/or a heavy feeling in the head. Because of this clicking sound I’d hear sometimes, I would stick my fingers in my ear and thought I found a bump. (Literally just the shape of the ear canal.) but I literally thought I had a tumor in there. I would lay away, so anxious about it, and because I was so anxious about it, I could felt the anxiety in my chest, which caused me to believe I had something wrong my heart. I would lay away, listening to my heartbeat, believing any second it would just stop. Eventually it had gotten so bad I just had a attack of some kind since I wasn’t sleeping, and the anxiety was just getting worse.
hey, i totally get how that fear can feel really overwhelming and scary. it's tough dealing with those kinds of thoughts, especially when you're just trying to get some rest. 😥 by the way, have you heard about this new AI-powered OCD therapy tool called 'unstuck?' when i was dealing with similar fears, this free AI OCD therapy tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try) that my NOCD therapist recommended really made a difference for me. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it provides personalized step-by-step support for dealing with fears just like yours, almost like having an OCD therapist in your pocket. 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
I have a big fear of dying and death. Is there anyone out there that isn’t afraid of this? If so, can you please give me your perspective on it?
Does anyone else have a such a bad fear of death that it keeps you up at night? Makes you scared to close your eyes? I’ve been struggling with this for years & don’t know how to accept the fact I’ll die one day. For example when people I knew from school or through my parents etc died I will fear for days I’ll be next. My friend can’t even mention dying or death around me because it will my emotions & fear. I am so scared to die tragically, (murder, car accident, shooting etc.) I am scared to die young. I am scared I won’t become elderly. I’m scared going in to a new school year wondering If I’ll be next to die. I’m scared of going into a new school year wondering if I’ll die in a shooting. I’m scared I will randomly have an unknown condition that can kill me. Sorry this is so long but I need to know if anyone else is like this.
Im so scared to fall asleep I genuinely do not want to because the fact that there are confirmed cases of people murdering others in their SLEEP is enough proof that my fears are legitimate. What if i harm myself or my family. what if the next time my boyfriend sleeps over I hurt him. what if I am eating cough drops in my sleep and that's why they are in my bed when I fell asleep with them on my end table, and I choke on one and die. These fears are genuine like yeah ocd is probably amplified it but the proof that this happens is hard to ignore. if I could lock myself in a empty room every night with no way of hurting anyone I absolutely would at least I'd know me and everyone else is safe. how do I even begin to combat this fear again and not let this fear bother me anymore.
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