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I think the hearing voices while falling asleep and waking up is called, (a really scary name) but "exploding head syndrome". It's named after the common loud banging or gunshot some people hear from it, but from the research I've done it isn't related to any underlying health issues. I deal with that too, I've heard my family have entire conversations about leaving me behind if I don't wake up but when I get up, everyone's asleep. I'm sorry you're dealing with this though, the stress that comes with ocd is unfair.
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Oh my that does sound scary!
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I also think so much my body kind of lives in auto pilot.. I’m so in my head I will do three tasks and literally wonder how or what I did.
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This is exactly how I have felt for my whole life. I am only used to ruminations and as hard as I don’t try, I guess you could say, I cannot seem to free myself, right now as my medication had been lifted higher, I am literally watching my ruminating imbalance slow itself down owing to the meds, whilst I simultaneously still feel the utter need to ruminate even though I am supposed to know it is irrational. It truly does take the irrational train of thought and take it to a sense of insanity thinking. And that is another I worry about, will I be ‘crazy’ all my life because of this? I have watched friends and family and my girlfriend go about their day while I beg my mind to stop ruminating. It’s torture and I feel for all of you
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This is exactly how I feel
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I woke up in a panic this am
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This is exactly what I’m feeling down to a T. I feel this way and I hear voices of like cartoon characters that I’m watching because I’m so into the show and it only happens as I’m waking up slowly or if I’m falling asleep but it does not happen during the day. And it even gets to the point where I stare at objects during the day to see if they’ll talk to me because I am so obsessed with thinking I’m schizophrenic or the fear of becoming schizophrenic. I even asked my normal therapist a couple years ago if I was and she kind of giggled and said no you don’t have any symptoms or any signs that you are schizophrenic and she has seen me for 15 years now. I have also experienced hearing my family members Have random conversations and it’s nothing bad or it’s nothing evil it’s just they’re having conversations it’s very weird. But you are not alone what you wrote is exactly what I have been dealing with lately it’s kind of comforting to know that I’m not alone and that it is OCD.
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Do you hear family members voices and conversations like when you first wake up or falling asleep? Or all the time
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@Messa Just waking up and falling asleep
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@Hazel It definitely does help knowing someone else can relate! How old are you by the way? Sorry if that’s personal. I’m 23, I just also deal with being in the stage where I guess it’s “common”.. and it makes me more nervous. I hate this OCD theme :((
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@Messa It is isn’t it! Helps you feel like you’re not alone and or crazy. I am 30 and no you’re ok I’m a open book :)
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@Hazel I think you have to be an open book with this
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@PoetART I am :)
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