Feel OCD setting in??

Ok little weird question here but does anyone else wake up feeling pretty normal and then feel their ocd set in a bit later? I’ve had this for 6 months now and these past few days I’ve noticed that I wake up completely fine but by the time I’ve come downstairs and let my dog out or made breakfast I feel like the ocd has “set in.” I can’t describe it any other way except my head feels fuzzy particularly in the front part of my brain. It’s almost like the ocd wakes up. This might be really off from what you guys are experiencing but I just want to know. Thank you 💛

Username: AshleyTotten99AshleyTotten99

Date posted: 43w ago

I relate to this so much! You are not alone. I’ll wake up and be excited to do things like grab a coffee before I go to the gym and then I’ll go get some schoolwork done at the library and I’ll feel fine and normal and once I’m done with a full day of completing things I’ll have chill time to sit on the couch and watch tv but that’s exactly when my mind takes over and tells me I’m a bad person or this and that and it tells me I shouldn’t go out during the day there’s no point if I’m a bad person. But what I find that really works and helps is talking back to that little voice in your head and say no I’m actually a good person and keep reassuring that voice that they are wrong and that you are a good person, tell it things like no I’m a good daughter, I’m a good person, I have a good heart, I have not done anything wrong. Hope this helps you! Sending love and peace.

Username: AshleyTotten99AshleyTotten99

Date posted: 43w ago

@AshleyTotten99 And when I have the moments of ocd my brain feels exactly like you said fuzzy and foggy I think that’s a symptom of having it becausa anxiety and stressful thoughts can give us physical sensations and symptoms like that but just know it always goes away.

Username: Skyline 🕊️ Skyline 🕊️

Date posted: 43w ago

@AshleyTotten99 Anxiety has made me make my world so small. I hardly drive and I don’t even go to stores by myself. I would never even consider traveling alone. Now the added ocd on top of it is just unbearable at times. Constantly looking for that sense of safety or security. You give me so much hope 🥹 I don’t think we are meant to live in such a tiny world. I’m going to work on this too. I’ll also work on labeling those feelings as symptoms instead of worrying and wondering. Thank you. 🌊🫶

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 43w ago

I really feel the front of my head hurts/feels odd with the onset of intrusive thoughts for the day. 100%.

Username: Ihaveocd!Ihaveocd!

Date posted: 43w ago

@Anonymous After listing in my head for a long time I get bad headaches and the only thing that helps is rubbing my forehead.

Username: Skyline 🕊️ Skyline 🕊️

Date posted: 43w ago

@Anonymous Ugh I’m so happy I’m not alone in this ❤️‍🩹 I wish it was a “symptom” that’s was more discussed. Thank you for sharing!

Username: Ihaveocd!Ihaveocd!

Date posted: 43w ago

Yes, I’ll wake up feeling very good and motivated eat my breakfast and then when I go to start my day it sets in and everything I wanted to do I don’t because I get trapped even when I said I wasn’t going to let it happen.

Username: nmeszarosnmeszaros

Date posted: 43w ago

Yes! I’m trying to be more aware of when my ocd thoughts come up, and lately I’ve noticed during the day I’m not all that distressed. When I get triggered it’s easier to get out of it because I’m distracted by work. It’s mainly in the evening and at night I’ll go down the ocd spiral. It’s making me doubt if I even have OCD because when I’m doing exposures I’m not feeling particularly triggered like I would be normally. During exposures I feel more anxious about NOT feeling anxious and start worrying that I’m just lying my way through therapy for attention

Username: Skyline 🕊️ Skyline 🕊️

Date posted: 43w ago

@nmeszaros Yes! I relate to this too! I’m not in ERP therapy through here but I do have a therapist outside of here. While I’m not actively doing exposures I’m not avoiding the things that trigger me either. Yesterday the whole day it was as if ocd was non existent cue the night time when I decided to do a little mindfulness meditation and ocd hit me hard. I have moments where I will panic and think I must be crazy because I feel pretty normal but then all of a sudden I don’t. OCD is a clown 🤡 thank you for commenting 🫶

Username: Skyline 🕊️ Skyline 🕊️

Date posted: 43w ago

You guys thank you all so much for commenting. It can feel so lonely and scary when you’re not sure what the heck is going on. You all give me so much hope ❤️‍🩹 Truthfully I was starting to worry that I had some other disorder going on. Thank you immensely. Wishing you all happiness ✨

Username: AshleyTotten99AshleyTotten99

Date posted: 43w ago

If this helps too I have also been in a state about a little over a year ago when I could not get out of bed, I didn’t go to school, I wasn’t working, I couldn’t drive and I couldn’t even go and get a coffee but now as time has gone on I have learned that talking to a therapist and exposure therapy has been life changing. I have even traveled a few times and I feel back to myself for the most part sometimes though I do have days where I’ll be laying down and the ocd hits but I have tools now to quiet and calm down my mind when this does happen. But just know this will pass and you will find your way out of it and your mind will be your friend again I promise you

Username: melsxae

Date posted: 19w ago

Why is my OCD so active in the day

I've discovered recently that around a few hours after waking up my OCD and anxiety flares up and even when I'm "done" with a compulsion, it just keeps going regardless, because my brain is active and goes back to the thought and keeps adding. The different thoughts are spread out through different hours of the day, but in the morning I can resist, then more in the afternoon it's like I don't have the ability to resist anymore and the anxiety takes over, even if I'm out doing things. It always calms down when it's the next day in the early hours of the morning, the time I also feel the happiest or calmest too. If I "finish" a compulsion or ritual, which is a compulsion, or tell myself this is the time to stop, and wait around 1-3 hours the feeling wears off, but i still get scared I'll do it again which most times i don't do because the anxiety leaves, only at night tho when my brain gets tired. I don't go out a lot so that's the reason I think my brain is becoming more active, and maybe a bit too active. It's become manageable and predictable but obviously still irritating.

Username: Angel J K

Date posted: 18w ago

When OCD is so convincing

Is anyone’s OCD just a 1,000 times worse in the night? To where you’ve convinced yourself (especially if you wake up between 3-5 am)that you’re completely a different person than who you want to be? Sometimes I’m scared it’s like psychosis or something because of how intense the thoughts and feelings are.. Has anyone else felt this way? Is this a symptom of medication wearing off in the night??

Username: Asiul79

Date posted: 18w ago

Triggered by feeling better?

Hello everyone. So, basically every time I feel any kind of peace/pleasure (simple ones, like hmm today I’m enjoying a song, I felt good with my sleep, etc) my ocd tries to convince me something is wrong and then I get anxious because I was feeling good. It’s so messed up. Anyone been through this?

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