pac
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Carl CornettCarl Cornett
- Date posted
- 5y ago
So I have had the same experience. The B in CBT is all about behavioral changes. I didn’t realize at the time that I had to, quite literally, do different things to get a different outcome. Right now, your brain is preconditioned for anxiety in the morning. It’s because it’s happened before, and that you dread the experience, that it reoccurs. Searching online is a compulsion I have as well, and it paradoxically causes the obsessional thoughts to last longer and come more frequently. So, as best you can, think about your mornings and think of something you can do differently. If you stay in bed, get up right when you wake up. If you search online, set a timer that you can’t for at least one hour. Start with a journal, exercise, meditation, or whatever activity diverts you briefly. Over time your brain comes to have a different expectation and response about mornings, and you’ll notice the thoughts are less troubling and therefore less frequent.
BlueBlue
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I know exactly how you feel. I wake up to it too and it never stops. It’s a nightmare and I’m sorry it happened to you too.
pacpac
- Date posted
- 5y ago
That’s true my OCD has been pretty bad for about a month and every morning I’ve been waking up anxious with the thoughts starting right away. I’m beginning to fear sleep. Thank you for the suggestions. I will def try. I try to talk myself out of it and then I get the what it thought. No this isn’t happening but what if it is and the cycle starts again. I start therapy tomorrow. And I’ve thought of cancelling purely out of fear... the constant what if and doubt. He’s going to tell me it’s not OCD and admit me somewhere for being crazy
melwocdmelwocd
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Go to therapy! I have had this same fear, I think we all have. This is your brain telling you to fear. Try to practice some breathing exercises, come back to your breath when you start to drift. You can do this and will feel so much better after your session. I have one today. I woke up feeling the same way. As difficult as it is, you can do this. God bless
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