Is anyone’s OCD just a 1,000 times worse in the night? To where you’ve convinced yourself (especially if you wake up between 3-5 am)that you’re completely a different person than who you want to be? Sometimes I’m scared it’s like psychosis or something because of how intense the thoughts and feelings are.. Has anyone else felt this way? Is this a symptom of medication wearing off in the night??
If I’m not in a good place or had a rough day, I wake up for a solid few hours of OCD rumination, doubt, etc. The next day is always rough and can compound and lead me to a few nights of full insomnia. I usually, at some point, think I’m going insane. This can also happen when I start doing a new ERP. OCD has definitely turned me into something I don’t want to be. So I’m determined to fight back! Most of time lol
@ZJT Wow I’ve had insomnia before and it is not funny it’s kind of scary too so I’m so sorry you’re going through that. When it’s over you’ll come out stronger. That’s such a good point though, that starting a new ERP can trigger more symptoms associated with OCD!
I’m actually currently going through extreme sleep loss due to OCD and depression. It is not fun.
@andyman738 It’s not fun at all I’m sorry your experiencing this I pray you feel better soon 😭
I’ve been fighting my intrusive thoughts a lot the last few days along with broken sleep which makes it worse at times. But I have to remember that bad days happen, to have patience with myself and above all that I am not who ocd tries to make me believe I am. I will keep fighting the fight with my ocd everyday
@AshleyA12519 Really you have been? I’ve been too idk why! Thank you for commenting. Yes we must try our hardest to fight the good fight!!
@Angel J K Praying for you!
Woke up this morning immediately looking for the thoughts that I’ve been having even though i don’t want to think about them. I feel like i ended up bringing them upon myself and then i had a super gruesome thought and have been worrying about it all morning. Is it possible to bring thoughts upon yourself? Is it ocd or is it just me? I’m just so scared of going “crazy” that i keep looking for thoughts deciding if it’s me or not if you know what i mean. It’s such a scary feeling When you feel like you don’t know who you are 😭 i literally am just petrified of completely losing sense of who i am and doing something bad and being locked away forever. Is it possible to just turn bad? Does anybody know what i mean by that? Like you secretly have a double ego and completely turn into somebody different? Does anyone else experience this? Is it ocd? I’m so scared i feel like i can never catch a break.
Does anyone else experience feeling of dread or just wanting to quit life and give up. I notice I get like this after intrusive thoughts. Last night I had a bad one. I was up until 3am I couldn’t sleep because I was obsessing over the thought. I have harm OCD and it makes me fear that I could harm my husband. It’s awful he’s the best thing in my world and I just want all of this to stop😭😭 How do you guys deal with feelings like these. Do you experience dread? Also is night time worst for you?
but does anyone else’s intrusive thoughts and false memories get worse during the night or like as soon as the sun sets? it’s gotten to a point now where i dread the sun setting because ik it’s gonna be worse. i don’t know if this has anything to do with ocd??
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