ocd at night

Does anyone else get really anxious at night and have a bunch of compulsive habits at night to try and feel calm about being safe at night? For me this includes pushing repeatedly on door bolts and locks and also touching random items over and over again, as well as other random motions I do. Even with these things I can’t seem to relax and feel like I have a constant irrational fear about having my home being broken into, especially at night, and a fear of me or someone in my family being hurt. I don’t know what to do because we have an alarm system and I just feel like I am somehow always thinking of the possibilities and subconsciously listening for noises and I just wish I could calm down:(

Username: ParadisaParadisa

Date posted: 24w ago

Hang in there, on the bright side with senses like that you will ALWAYS be protected, even without preparation. Maybe if you think of it that way? It’ll help you remain calm. You gotta trust yourself, you’re a very careful person. Trust in that.

Username: LowellTLowellT

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 24w ago

I understand the struggle. I don’t know if you think you have ocd or if you’re getting counseling for ocd. I have been with NOCD for two years and it had been a huge help. You can book a free 15 minute call to find out about NOCD therapy. To treat ocd there is ERP - Exposer and Response Prevention. That is when we choose to expose ourselves to what causes the anxiety and not do to the compulsion to ease the anxiety. One of those (ERP) for me was when I would lock the car not having the key fob sound the horn to let me know the car was locked. I had to let the anxiety be there of thinking “is the car locked?” Then over time the anxiety has gone down. As we don’t do the compulsions to relieve the anxiety those compulsions will become less needed.

Username: mktropeano

Date posted: 5y ago

kind of random but has anyone dealt with severe paranoia with their ocd and notice themselves doing compulsions to help with it?? i’m struggling a lot with it right now. it’s keeping me from sleeping. anything helps

Username: Calove

Date posted: 2y ago

Why is night so hard to resist compulsions. I have this idea in my head or my ocd tells me that my thoughts will be stuck with me or it will become real if I don’t do the compulsion before I fall asleep

Username: dee

Date posted: 42w ago

ocd getting worse at night

does anyone else feel their ocd gets so much worse at night or even when it gets dark?

Be a part of the largest OCD Community

Share your thoughts so the Community can respond

ocd at night

Related posts

Be a part of the largest OCD Community

Be a part of the largest OCD Community