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It's pretty common for OCD to include elaborate, rigid routines around waking up, hygiene, eating, and going to bed. As a teen, my bedtime rituals expanded to about three hours long. I had to tap a whole bunch of objects in my room in a specific order, pray perfectly, win three games of solitaire, etc. None of it made much sense, the steps were pretty random. However I felt like if I didn't do them something bad would happen or I would be so anxious I wouldn't sleep at all. The strategy my therapist helped me implement was to cut out one step of the routine at a time
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i struggle with the night time ritual as well!!!!
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Talk to us, what certain things
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I have extreme order and symmetry OCD idont even wear my clothes in my wardrobe because i cant bare the hangers moving about and they have to be aligned perfectly i can take outa dress and spend 10 mins just aligning them then when it doesnt feel right i get huge panic and get hot it goes away when it feels right this is jist one example out of hundreds i deal with every day:( i have to have everything in its place i hate people coming into my home touching things i feel like im crazy i cant cope with it anymore. I feel horrible until ive put back my shoes that ive worn in a neat row not to mention i clean everything before i put it away i dread it it can take hours i hate getting up in the morning now, i wipe things all the time or i feel dirty inside, i cant even explain it and i also count and tap things until it feels right i turn the lock back and forth until its level and feels right i cant live like this anymore i dont know anyone else with it and it gets me down
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- 23w
English is my second language,so please bear with me if there are any shortcomings. My OCD is manifested in the need to go to the bathroom before going to bed every time, but after each urination, I worry that I will have to go to the bathroom again because I feel that I seem haven't finished. This will affect my sleep by repeatedly entering and exiting the bathroom. It takes me more than half an hour to go to the bathroom before going to bed every time, and I have to fight with myself to tell myself that I have finished and don't have any more urine, so I can sleep peacefully. However, it takes countless times to comfort myself.I tried to quickly finish urinating and then immediately step out of the bathroom, but every time I had the thought of "I still feel like I have a little more urine, should I squat again?" I felt like I was nailed to the toilet and couldn't get out. (Our toilets here are squat toilets), which greatly shortened my daily sleep time. Moreover, after using the toilet, I would continue to use my phone to relieve anxiety and develop a habit of staying up late, which undoubtedly exacerbated my symptoms.It's like a process of constantly pursuing certainty, making sure that I have completely emptied my bladder, but this pursuit is morbid, and I can't accept its uncertainty.I don't know what to do. Do you have any solutions?
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Hey all this is my first post so i’m kind of nervous. I’d like to hear feedback from outside sources and people not directly in my life who might be biased. I am not sure if this is an OCD thing or maybe just an anxiety thing but I would love some advice. I am a night owl and the rest of my family is not. I’m an adult who still lives with my parents since i’m saving money to move out. Every night I stay up until around 12:30 in our living room to relax and wind down with a quiet house (like my own me-time) and then go to bed. My parent’s room is right off the living room and they close their door while I’m awake so they can sleep. They told me not to be up past midnight since their room gets “too stuffy” with the door closed. I haven’t been doing well with midnight but try my best to shut everything off by 12:30 at the latest. They got mad that I don’t listen and now say I am not allowed in the living room after they go to bed. So when they go to bed I have to confine myself to my bedroom. I like my routines and thinking about trying to wind down (by reading or crocheting) in my bed feels wrong because my bed is “for sleeping” only. I feel like I don’t have a comforting safe place to relax before bed now and when I have tried to explain that to them they don’t care and say i’m disrespecting them. I’m curious what you might think about the situation and would appreciate feedback, regardless if i’m in the wrong or not. It makes me wish I didn’t live here but I don’t really have anywhere else to go.
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Does anyone have any tips on how to sleep with harm ocd, I’m always so tired but I can’t fall asleep until it gets to the point my eyes won’t stay open, I’m scared that I’m gonna do something in my sleep or my thoughts just eont shut up and it causes issues with sleeping, advice needed please
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