Does anyone know any tips on how to accept the uncertainty of being unable to sleep? I get to so scared that if I don’t sleep, something bad will happen to me. Or I’ll end up in like the hospital or I’ll go crazy. It’s really scary and it bothers me so much. If anyone has advice I’d love to hear it!!
Hahaha a lotta core fears in there. What if you go to a hospital? Then what? What if something bad happens to you? Then what?
@slippery_salad Yeah definitely!!! Everything just feels so real and scary!!! I just can’t stop shaking from the fear of it all
@myfunnyvalentine Whats the core fear tho? You gotta identify it so you can learn some exposures
@slippery_salad Well I’m not 100% sure yet, I’ll have to talk with my therapist on that one, but I’ve always had the fear that if I don’t sleep, then my harm OCD will come true.
I have this obsession too and what’s helped me is saying out loud at night “ well you may not sleep or you may sleep. But all that’s important right now is that you’re laying in bed resting and that’s good enough for now” it’s helped ease my mind from spiraling with all the thoughts! I also tell myself “I’m not going to deal with these thoughts right now, they aren’t urgent” that’d also helps!
You might have to talk back to that thought, even if you don’t believe the talking back. If you hear; “Oh, no! You’re going to stay awake and it will be impossible to sleep,” for instance, you could respond to that saying, “well, I could also get sleeping pills and go to sleep that way too.” Or “I can meditate and go to sleep, even if it isn’t fast.” Most of my intrusive thoughts are pretty weak once you hit them back with rebuttal. Hope this helps, I just know that challenging them head on can reveal how flimsy some of them are.
It’s a lot like ms77 said. I may or may not sleep. I can enjoy resting. Nate Peterson has some videos on YouTube that might help.
I literally used to have this fear so much! like “ what if I die in my sleep” or what if something happens to me or my family. and I used to fear that I’ll “ never be able to sleep again” and i was so afraid of ending up in the hospital because I can’t sleep. I used to have this fear and it went away, honestly just think about the fact that since you’ve been born you’ve been able to fall asleep. You don’t just randomly stop sleeping , you’re gonna be able to sleep safely and be okay!
They’re talking about it on the live talk now
@S.Y. BAHAHAHA FUNNY ENOUGH that was my post 🤣🤣 my ocd about not sleeping is tied to harm ocd too
@myfunnyvalentine Did it help?
@S.Y. It did, hopefully my ocd can accept that. It’s so scary because I’ve really always had the fear, if I don’t get any sleep, my harm ocd will come true. But them saying that definitely helped me out more!
@myfunnyvalentine Glad it helped.
I have the thought of what if I lose control and do something out of my control like scream for no reason or yelling in a store or just blurting stuff out that’s not in my control and it causes so much anxiety and causes me to feel weird. I always think I’m on the edge of losing control of myself and it’s exhausting living like this. Any tips?
My ocd gets so loud in the silence and right before bed when there’s no distractions. I always struggled with anxiety since my teens and guided meditation used to help… until OCD. First time trying guided meditation with OCD I had an intrusive thought of “what if you actually lose control and can’t follow these instructions?” And got even more anxious 🫠🫠🫠 had to stop, and haven’t tried to meditate ever since. Just curious to know. Sometimes I feel like I have the worst type of OCD. It will latch onto anything to make me anxious!
I need tips on how to really accept the uncertainty the ocd causes, even if it feels so bad like I might get in trouble for something , do I wanna be okay with that?
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