HOCD thoughts creeped into my dreams again last night, questioning shit and now my body is slightly shaking again.. FML

Hi friend. My OCD has affected my dreams too. You’re going to get through this. You’re stronger than you think. ?

I feel you man. My pocd false memory was in my dream last night and I woke up thinking it was real. Had me shaking for a minute. We have to realize that dreams are just like thoughts - they don’t mean anything- the only reason they are more distressing is because we think we have control in them.

This shit is hell

I need to find ERP and CBT specialists

I literally don’t feel the same anymore

This has happened to me one too many times. The idea is that you should recognize then as dreams and thus garbage. If a dream makes you smile, that's when it's something you truly want. If it makes you sweat, cry and hyperventilate, then it's pure garbage. I've struggled with this for a long time. Sometimes these dreams catch me off guard and invoke a state of anxiety, but remember that they are just dreams.

Yes, I've even reached an orgasm in one of those dreams. Try living with that... ? Anyway, Men typically get erections 4-5 times during the night and their "spawning" is pretty random. You could have been already erect when you got the dream. I wouldn't read too much into these, since they're groinal responses

I know, at first I'd wake up and would cry myself all the way to the bathroom and back. But, as you said, you aren't *these* dreams. Every time I have a dream about women I have a party when I wake up!

@deputydean haha me too! Well, except with men, but same feeling! That day always starts out a good day ?

I feel you 100. This has been happening so badly with me lately with my pocd and incest ocd. Was the dream like a story of something happening or just questioning?

Figuringitallout a mixture of both, definitely not comfortable with it

Forreal

I am completely in the same boat. Have you guys experienced any arousal during them? That’s where I’m hung up.

Aww @deputydean I am so sorry that has happened to you. While I don’t know if that ever happened to me (dreams are hard to remember) but I’ve experienced gr’s during them and it’s the WORST feeling, I know. I totally understand what you are feeling. You aren’t your dreams! You aren’t these dreams. It’s a part of OCD, but really, it’s a part of human nature.

Hi guys. Sorry for bumping this from a week ago, but I had a dream last night and it’s killing me. ? why did I get a groinal response?! I feel like such a piece of shit. If people knew this about me they would hate me. It’s so lonely and scary