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Yes, this happens a lot to me, often times dreams are our brains way of working through things that are constantly on our minds/stressing us out so it’s normal for you to dream about things you’re thinking so much about
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It is exactly what i have. I have different ocd topics and each time one is present it comes back in dreams. Its really a nightmare and trigger for the next days
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Yes my OCD follows me into my dreams and its actually incredibly triggering every time I wake up every morning
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Same here. So crazy and unrealistic these dreams. And nevertheless its triggering. So crazy
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Yes
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Yes, this happens to me alot
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Do you take the dreams seriously or just ignore it?
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OK, this might sound really dumb, but when you guys get intrusive thoughts, do they just come once and then go away? I’ve heard that repeatedly thinking about an intrusive thought is considered ‘checking,’ but it doesn’t feel like I have any control over how many times it comes up in my head. It’s not like I’m trying to check anything—it just keeps showing up, almost like it’s terrorizing me every time. I can’t seem to stop it from looping, stop remembering it, or prevent it from coming up. Every time it does, I feel horrified, and I already know it’s going to horrify me. I don’t think I’m actively trying to see if my feelings have changed, so is this still considered checking? How do other people get an intrusive thought and just move on? Doesn’t it pop up a million times for them too? I always thought that was normal, but now I’m hearing this could be a compulsion, and I feel really confused, scared, and lost. Is this why my OCD feels so extreme? Because I really don’t feel like I can control how many times the thought pops up.
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Each night I go to bed determined to stop compulsions and start beating this disorder. Then I wake up and it smacks me in the face first thing and I’m doing a compulsion before I know it. I told my therapist that I would try to handle it like we do in session, but I’ve already failed. It seems like I can’t bring ERP into my “real” life.
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