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daltonb.971daltonb.971
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Mornings and nights can be difficult for me too. It helps for me to meditate and pray (or gratitude journal if you're not religious) when waking up and/or before bed.
Brooke cookieBrooke cookie
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My ocd is the strongest at night, that seems to be common for a lot of people with ocd. I wonder if it is because you not thinking about something ,so ocd fills up the think space in your brain. Not sure but going to work after little to no sleep ,or stressful sleeps really sucks.
Ranger_867Ranger_867
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Mine is the morning too, especially when it flairs up. Don’t lay in bed and hope to go back to sleep. Get up and get moving. Do the opposite that OCD wants you to do, almost all the time. We’ve got this!
XwiXwi
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I get how you’re feeling too my flare ups have been happening a lot the past week or so on and off with so many symptoms and I’m not even getting to sleep until after midnight some nights. Always know that you are not alone in this and we are all here for you :)
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