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YES!! Completely, I experience the most anxiety in the mornings and then in the evenings. My obsessions start literally choking me and I feel so on edge. The obsessions appear even in my dreams, which is even more disturbing because it multiplies the morning anxiety. When I first started having it, the first thing I thought about was “oh my god the thoughts are not here, does it mean they’re my intuition” and later they started appearing out of nowhere.
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The more I did that the more in control of my mind I felt. Even in times of doubt. If doubt is constant then that’s the OCD talking back because it’s losing your attention. Picture a parent who’s child is throwing a tantrum. You can pick them up once to calm them but eventually the only way they learn to not throw tantrums to get what they want is when the parent doesn’t immediately react. OCD works the same in the mind. You OCD is throwing a tantrum and that’s all.
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Yes, i get morning anxiety, wake with anxious thoughts. Usually when I start doing things they fade a bit, but often I am tired and stay in bed. Sometimes journalling helps or just accepting I am anxious and be kind to myself. Does anything help you?
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I do a lot of things directed at self-discipline which is not motivation. Self-discipline creates new habit which create new character. As someone who struggled with addiction my over-stimulated mind would allow my OCD to make me feel out of control. I had to start with both self-love but also self-discipline which is to do the new thing even if I just want to lay in bed.
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I think that's connected with depression
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Well not entirely. It’s true OCD can be depressing and debilitating but at the same time OCD tells you “does this mean this?”
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@Live108010 Yeah, for sure, it's just that OCD awakens all those negative feelings and then you are obsessing over them
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