Anybody relate to having dreams about what they’re obsessing about, like SO-OCD. I just had a dream like that and it was so disturbing. Even in the dream, it felt like I was doing compulsion after compulsion. I’m just tired
Yes. The more you are stressed over something, the more likely it’ll pop up in your dreams.
@Nica Thanks for commenting Nica. It gets so stressful sometimes because it feels like these thoughts will never go away and it makes you feel in denial
Yes I can relate to this. Sometimes my dreams will be really really stressful and play out the situation I am obsessing about. They also can be very vivid and feel like it actually happened. I just started medication for this very thing. I can’t say if it has helped because it is too soon but the thought of taking something to ease the dreams does help the thought process. Hope you feel better soon
@Sunday & Salem I’m glad I’m not alone. The more vivid, the more detailed, it feels so horrible
Same here. I have very vivid dreams and can have very disturbing events occur in my dream. I just remind myself that dreams aren’t real and are just a bunch of random occurrences. Like I had a dream I was in hogwarts with a magic wand. If that isn’t real why do my so-ocd dreams have to be real? Well they are not real :)
I do my rituals in my sleep I’m tired of arguing with myself in my sleep if that makes sense x
So my OCD has been bad lately. I’ve been ruminating and obsessing over my sexuality again. And it just keeps getting worse. I hate it so much. I try to sit with the discomfort but then my ocd does the backdoor spike. And the groinal response is what keeps me looped. It SUCKS. I am not attracted to men, but my OCD is trying SO hard to convince me that I am. There have been days where I’m just so mentally exhausted that I “accept” what my ocd tells me and I just walk around a hollow, lethargic shell. But then I rethink it and I feel better. It feels like I can only find my TRUE self when I tire my nervous system out enough that it literally breaks down and has me suicidal and hopeless. And then accepting my OCD’s “truth” (that I’m attracted to men) feels like a burden and a chore. I woke up today from an OCD dream, tried to go back to sleep, and my stomach kept cramping bc I was so anxious and ruminating over my intrusive thoughts. I’m starting to doubt it being OCD anymore. My brain is too tired to fight and cry about it anymore.
I had a really bad nightmare revolving around one of my big themes and I woke up with the panic still left over the dream as if it was real and I kept thinking about the situations. I tried to tell myself it was just a dream, but then it made me question real life. So then it was a cycle of ruminating about the events as though they were real and my reality which really messed me up bc my biggest theme right now is becoming schizophrenic/catatonic/"crazy." I feel stuck in a loop, I've tried saying the "maybes" and even talking to my partner about other things but it just keeps looping in my head "am I crazy?" "I can't differentiate between dreams" "I feel like I'm stuck in my head and I can't even talk". Any tips? I feel like I'm at the crescendo of my 20 years (lifelong) ocd due to stress from moving soon.
Do you have hocd dreams?like i am afraid of the gay comunity since i was little just i cant stand them and i am so sorry if i upset someone. I had ocd since forever and i had a gay dream about myself 2 years ago then when my hocd started i started getting gay dreams about anyone and now i got one again and it was a horibble one but i have hocd dreams when i have obsessions before sleep and last night it was hell in my mind for hocd and i had a dream being bisexual it was a little confusing but i remember that i said that in my dream i am really scared i dont want to be bi
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