How do you handle your tiredness?

I've been in the middle of a bad OCD flare up recently. It makes me super tired with the compulsions and anxiety and everything. I have times where I literally feel like i can't get out of bed. This morning I went back to sleep, because I just needed the thoughts to stop for awhile, I was just tired. I also have an eating disorder, and sadly appetite and energy to eat is one of the first things to go when I'm down. I guess this is more of a depression question, than an OCD question. But does anyone else expoernce this? And if so, how do you handle it? I'm feeling a bit frightened if I'm being honest.

KJ100

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

I 100% understand what you’re talking about and I would add lack of motivation on top of tiredness. OCD flareups take a lot of energy so they can be very draining. I struggle a lot with being tired but here’s a few things that have helped me: high protein and high good fat diet (I generally do lower carbs), as regular of a sleep schedule as I can do (no late nights and no sleeping in), weight lift and jump rope and probably the most important for me is goal setting. If you’re aiming for something it helps you build good habits and provides your life with meaning. Life was never intended to be easy so I look for meaning in responsibility. Good luck.

OCDisAwful1204

Date posted: 1y

Yep!!! I’m in the middle of a flair up and I’m just exhausted. It’s so much for my brain. I just need sleep. It’s the only time I sort of get peace. Although during my nap just now I was anxious and having bad dreams so… maybe not peace while sleeping now either. 😭

Thatoneunhin...

Date posted: 1y

Nightmares are the worst! And sadly pretty common for people with OCD. Try talking to someone, music, sleeping with a light on. The brain has got to remember that it's safe. 💛

Anonymous

Date posted: 1y

yessss ive been sleeping so much and i have intrusive dreams and nightmares i be waking up in cold sweats!!!! i wake up 20 times at night and in the morning and i still go back to sleep cause i wake up and immediately start spiraling and then i nap more too

Nica

Date posted: 1y

I get the recommendation of 7 hours a sleep per night and I know I don’t have sleep apnea or any other medical issue that would keep me from sleeping, so then it’s a mental/emotional state. And that means I don’t care if I’m “tired”. I will go about my day normally. It’s not up to my mental illnesses/brain—it’s up to me and how I go about my day.

learningtore...

Date posted: 25w

How do I get out of a Flare Up

Im having a OCD specifically contamination OCD flare up all month and I don’t want to feel this way going into March, I’ve thrown out clothes, towels, stayed up for hours doing compulsions, washed my hands till they crack and bleed, I have washing pilling up cause I’m so overwhelmed by all the extra things I’ve added cause I thought it was contaminated. It’s completely draining me to the point where I’ve become sleep deprived and are avoiding part of my home because they are deemed contaminated to me…I only moved in a few months ago, I had a roach problem and using baits and insecticides really messed with my ocd too. anyone have any tips or tricks to make this easier? I wasn’t doing this bad in January :( thankyou in advance :)

Anonymous

Date posted: 23w

Sleep and OCD?

Does anyone else's OCD get worse when you haven't slept well? I haven't been sleeping well since this weekend and my OCD and anxiety is just making me feel super down. Does anyone else have this problem?

Vee <3

Date posted: 14w

Heyyyy!

So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.

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