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- 3y
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I woke up this morning and felt the same way- I had to remind myself over and over that dreams are just thoughts too. The more you do that, the less the dreams will have this effect on you.
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Same. I had an awful dream lastnight of something I often obsess over, and it really shook me all morning. I usually try to do some affirmations and acknowledge it was just a dream, and I am in control of my thoughts. (It may not always feel that way,) but I can try to redirect my focus into something more constructive & positive. Sorry & I hope it turns around for you!
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i feel the same š¤
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Hi Everyone! I hope whoever is reading this is having a good day so far :) So for years now Iāve had very bad intrusive thoughts about things that I have done or embarrassing things that Iāve said or have happened and itās mortifying and debilitating on a daily basis. Specifically these thoughts are mainly things that have occurred from 2018-2020 and some are more simple just as a stupid joke I made or being way too loud on calls while my family was trying to sleep and others being way more complex such as past relationships and how Iāve hurt some of the people I care the most about and when I have acted on intrusive thoughts and these thoughts will appear with no triggers at all Iāll just wake up and already have something I did just nagging me. I donāt want to live like this anymore and Iāve tried working through it with self compassion but sometimes the things I said or did back then itās very hard to forgive myself for and Iāll reminisce on it for hours on hours, gaslight myself into believing thatās not how it happened and try to change the memory itself, or just suppress it entirely. I know those habits arenāt healthy and truly I want to get better but I donāt know how to overcome some of these thoughts. I have talked to my fiancĆ© about this a few times and even today we talked about it and he fully supports me and is helping me work through it. I might also contact my sister too, I donāt talk to her overly too much but ever since I was little sheās thought Iāve had ocd and was one of the people who made me consider that I might have it (Iām still undiagnosed but Iāll try to when I have the money and time) and I know she could maybe provide some insight. Another thing that is troublesome about the situation is my other family members specifically my mom arenāt the most helpful and can trigger thoughts. To put it in perspective on how her thought process is and some background info she is an ER nurse and has been for 30 years due to this she believes she knows mainly everything there is about mental health and she gets extremely upset when I donāt take her advice or set boundaries. Sheāll force me to talk to her about my problems and when I donāt want to sheāll pin me in a corner where Iām forced to and last summer I had a really bad episode and was really overstimulated and I just finished taking a shower and due to the water on me, my hair being wet (my hair is naturally curly and it takes forever to dry and itās very draining taking care of even with a keratin treatment) and all the intrusive thoughts I was having and she forced me to talk to her and I did open up for the first time about my thoughts and brought up how sometimes I have thoughts of hurting my animals and it makes me physically sick. Her response to this was threatening to call the cops on me saying it was a behavioral thing and I was doing it for attention. I have never hurt any of my animals but later that day my cat came into my room and a few minutes later she comes up just gives me the death stare and after a few seconds just asks me āare you going to go kill snickers?ā In the most condescending tone and sheās always like this daily where sheāll force advice onto me or get upset and yell and then reinforce thoughts Iām having. I just want to know first how to stop the thoughts from so frequently and how to heal in an environmental where it keeps reopening wounds despite trying to place boundaries? Iām sorry this is really long I usually do go really in detail about things and itās just how Iāve always been. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask and Iāll answer them to the best of my ability. I really appreciate the time you took to read this and thank you for your help! š„°
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- 24w
I have been ruminating on why I have been having intrusive thoughts on a specific topic. Anyone know why? Where do they come from? It freaks me out and makes me think that it came from a real memory (I struggle with false memory OCD)
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- 24w
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
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