Can it possible for ocd to be worse in the morning ? Like suddenly I remember I have intrusive thoughts and urges and have to go through that again. Like I have feeling in my chest and I don’t know what is that feeling
Yes that’s normal :) As we sleep our Cortisol levels rise I heard, which is your stress hormone, but u have control over your mind, u truly are your OCD’s master. It loves to make u think your the victim but it’s a trick. You can rewire your brain into thinking your the one in control, because you are. It’s hard at first but it gets easier and easier. The trick is to not be afraid of your thoughts. And can u describe this feeling in your chest?
@Mental_Warrior How to not be afraid of my thoughts when they feel so real and I have the strongest urge to do compulsions? I will never not be scared. And about the feeling in my chest I think it’s panic and fear but I’m not sure. I’m having a hard time realising my emotions
@OrMsB I’ve personally dealt with thoughts and compulsions my whole life, as far back as I can remember, all my memories I can remember something bothering me but lately I was able to tell myself “no” that’s not something to worry about, I created my own belief system to where I can use “faith” to believe everything is okay despite what my mind tells me, it was hard for me to accept that at first but I think I retrained my brain to be able to do that and now I’m just so used to it, thoughts don’t ever bother me. I really analyzed the concept of faith and why it’s okay to use it. We do things all the time that require faith without realizing it, like driving or literally anything so that’s how I was able to justify using “faith” for my thoughts. Again, being able to say it’s okay. And the compulsions are a trap. Number one thing you need to do is resist the compulsions and I know how hard that can be :( but they will weaken over time if your resisting them. I’m definitely not an expert though, this is just my personal experience and I highly recommend seeing an OCD specialist and medicine is very helpful for me
@Mental_Warrior I’m learning to resist compulsion now, and can I ask how did medication help you?
@OrMsB Its an SSRI, meaning it increases the amount of Serotonin in your brain, which is the stuff that keeps us from anxiety and overthinking and fear, the more serotonin u have, the more carefree you’ll be. So after a few weeks because it takes awhile for SSRI’s to build up in your system, I was able to tell my brain, I’m in control and I’ll decide whether I’m gonna worry about a thought. The key is how u react to your thoughts and to not be afraid of them
@OrMsB I’m on Fluoxetine/Prozac but it all depends on your own unique biology , it can take awhile to find the right medication for you and the dosage amount
@Mental_Warrior So did the meds help to care less about the thoughts? It’s can also help with thoughts that stuck in my head?
@Mental_Warrior And thank you
@OrMsB Yes :) but if they aren’t quite cutting it, doing therapy for ocd is a powerful combination along with meds
@Mental_Warrior Thank you, and also did you feel the urge to get rid of the thought by doing compulsions being less strong? Cause if you don’t care about the thought means you don’t care that she is there and don’t need to do nothing about her?
@OrMsB U never want to fight with the thought, as in, trying to make it go away, it will stick if u try forcing it to go away, just tell yourself it’ll pass on it’s own at some point, basically u must tell yourself said thought or thoughts are a lie created by an overactive, anxious mind. Ocd is nothing but a liar and a deceiver. And it’s okay to let them go because it seriously is okay to let them go. Would u like to keep in touch with me? Like through social media?
@OrMsB And to answer your question, yes my mind tells me a lot that I must repeat actions a certain number of times, or literally anything in order to let go of a thought, my mind will threaten me saying, you’ll never be free if you don’t do whatever it wants me to do. I have magical thinking Ocd
@Mental_Warrior It’s making me anxious and I can’t wait for it to go away I feel like I have to try to force it the thoughts are so annoying like I can’t to let her be there it’s making me uncomfortable and want to throw up. I can’t sit with the urge all day I have to do compulsions. I feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t even be with them for a day im afraid they will never pass. And yes I don’t mind
@Mental_Warrior Mine too. It’s very annoying like really. It’s making me anxious and nothing helps. I will try medication in like 2 weeks and this is my only hope
@OrMsB I didn’t realize how long it had been since I last messaged you and I kept forgetting to check my app, sorry :( do u have Messenger or Snapchat? We can keep talking there, I’m Brooke Thacker on Facebook and on Snapchat I’m Sweet_Intent87 :)
Each night I go to bed determined to stop compulsions and start beating this disorder. Then I wake up and it smacks me in the face first thing and I’m doing a compulsion before I know it. I told my therapist that I would try to handle it like we do in session, but I’ve already failed. It seems like I can’t bring ERP into my “real” life.
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
This morning I woke up and the first thing I had was a sex scene, ocd topic, of course, and a feeling of some urge, as if I was being driven by adrenaline and it really turned me on...it lasted a short time, I didn't analyze it much. As soon as I woke up, I was left with the feeling that it was real... anyone else?
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