Can disturbing dreams be related to OCD?

While we tend to think of sleep as a time of rest, our brains stay pretty active during it. Sometimes, this can result in vivid, unwanted, and disturbing dreams—and if you have OCD, you may notice these intrusive dreams staying with you long after the alarm goes off. Since dreams are outside of our conscious control, it can be highly distressing for them to be affected by intrusive thoughts. OCD can make it seem like our dreams must mean something, when the truth is much more straightforward: Intrusive thoughts during sleep are no different from any other intrusive thoughts, and the right treatment can help take away their power. Read more about intrusive dreams, and how to get help if they’re impacting you.

Brooke cookie

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 26w ago

I have treated my OCD and I have significantly less OCD nightmares now

Brooke cookie

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 26w ago

I’ve definitely had what I consider OCD nightmares where I wake up in sweat, feeling terrified and high anxiety for my OCD thoughts, and I continue to have the OCD thoughts and feel like I’ve had them in my sleep.

Julio5415

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 25w ago

To this day, I have dreams of being in school and all of my classmates either make fun of me, stop being friends with me, or witness me being in an embarrassing situation. There are even dreams where it feels so real and that I did not graduate university due to missing Units, failing exams, attendance. When I wake up, sometimes it feels like I came back from that moment, but then I remember wait, it was just a dream. However OCD doesn’t play nice and likes to ruminate and make meaning about my dreams. “What if I truly was a bad person to my friends at that moment” “Maybe I could’ve done a better job at being a friend” “Maybe they were right about me” etc. The OCD list goes on but oh well. Gotta accept it.

mariCo

Date posted: 25w ago

I had a thought with a friend I felt distant with this summer who I have been friends with for a long time. I dreamt that she hated me for not believing in her and that she said she never wanted to see me again. The whole dream was of her bashing me and me trying to hide from her anywhere I could. It was like I was running away in the dream. It felt like it was real life and makes me uncomfortable

Amy2024

Date posted: 25w ago

@mariCo Me too

QueenUnknown

Date posted: 15w ago

Can Napping Be a Compulsion?

At times, my intrusive thoughts get so intense that all I can do is lay frozen in my bed and hope I fall asleep, and usually I do even if I'm not tired. My brain just wears me out and I wanna escape through sleep. (Sadly it doesn't work all the time)

Anonymous

Date posted: 10w ago

Maladaptive daydreaming

Anyone struggle with this with having ocd?

Lit555

Date posted: 8w ago

Ocd

Don't panic, you're still the same girl, your OC gives you a lot of intrusive thoughts that aren't you and that disgust you and scare you and that you don't want and that you don't think are true, and your OC gives you the false feelings.Also, don't forget that whatever comes to mind, whatever intrusive thoughts you have and whatever you feel, is all yours.

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