HELP So I woke up this morning for work and I already was filled with so much anxiety because my brain thought of either can old dream or it was true with a family member and I can’t seem to figure out if it was on old dream or I really did that
Hi dude, I’m sorry you’re feeling this way. Although if it makes you feel better I’ve read that morning anxiety is a common thing. One thing I like to do when I’m really anxious in the morning is meditate, do breath work, or go on a short walk. Either that or I just focus on whatever chores I have to do that morning. It helps me get out of my head until I calm down. Hopefully this helps!
Thank you, hopefully working calms me down but I doubt it will for the past 2 years with my ocd flare up happened at this job and I’m scared I actually might attempt again this year
I will also like to add I’ve been off my Zoloft for 1 or 2 months now and I’ve been going insane because I need to make enough to have another visit so I can get on anti psychotics
If it helps - I’ve NEVER dreamed of anything that’s actually happened. They’ve all been crazy things that my mind has brought up at some point but never anything real. Dreaming is the perfect place for your mind to come alive. I doubt it was something you actually did
Thank you, I think my brain thought this because I was being sexual with ONLY my bf and now my mind is like did that happen with your mom which is so weird and I would never do
Thank you, I’m currently at work and being stressed at works makes my anxiety worse
@Anonymous Being at work with anxiety spikes is THE WORST. In fact living life normally during them is brutal. That is somebody who Spira extra bad a few weeks ago and is slowly coming out of it every day giving into it and avoiding life is exactly what your anxiety and OCD once period as hard and almost debilitating as it is to continue, you need to fight against the urge to stay home and avoid everything and actually try to live life as normally as possible. Don’t try to find ways to push back the anxiety… allow it to sit and eventually you’ll notice while allowing it to sit, it actually gets better. Don’t look up things pertaining to it, don’t confess things pertaining to it, etc. I understand how hard that is. Trust me some of my biggest compulsions in OCD are confessions and looking things up so I understand how difficult it is. If you do it, there will be no room for judgement at all because I’ve definitely given in a few times, but the more you fight it the stronger you will be against the anxiety. It will be so so hard in the very beginning, you will almost feel like you will die if you don’t do it. But, the more you push back, the easier it’s going to get to handle it. I am not saying that this is a way to get your anxiety gone, but it’s a way to lessen it and not let it rule your life. And if this was something you did, think about it this way, it would’ve been known by now. Either the memory would’ve slowly started coming to you or the other party would’ve said something by now or remembered something themselves. Also, again just to reiterate, I have never in my life had a dream about something that’s actually happened. It’s always been stupid things I’ve thought about before and because you’re vulnerable when you’re sleeping, your brain is going to use that as an opportunity to attack you. If you don’t have a therapist, I would consider finding one. Also if therapy is just not something that’s in the cards for you right now I would at least look into a psychiatrist. I don’t know about your insurance or anything. I know mine covers mine 100% and at least you could get on a medication that can help make life a little easier and silence the noise a bit.
@Anonymous - Thank you I was taking Zoloft but I had stopped for about 2 months due to the cost and I’m about to set up for another appointment because last time I was told we could try anti psychotics because of my thought process of believing I’m saying my thoughts out loud or believing I did something when I have an intrusive thought. Hopefully this time it works because the Zoloft didn’t and I was on max 200 mg. I’m just scared that it might be true and nobody is saying anything until we’re in a public setting and it just release but the only thing I ever did anything with was my boyfriend
@Anonymous I was also on Zoloft for about 2 years and it worked until it didn’t. I’m now on Fluvoxamine and while it took a bit to kick in I think it’s starting to work pretty well! I’m more okay than I am anxious if that makes sense. More good days than bad now.
@Anonymous - I’m glad you can get through with this. Being on medication is hard especially around toxic family members. Everytime it’s a disagreement or argument I’m hit with “did I take my medication” even though I have ocd not taking my medication doesn’t make me angry it makes me more anxious and depressed but hopefully when I make my appointment for the anti psychotics I can actually live my life with my bf forever which is what I want but for some reason I can’t get past today. I can’t decide if it was an old dream I was thinking about and when even looking back at the thought it doesn’t make any sense but at the samething not everything has to make sense and that’s what’s scaring me. I can’t decide if it’s real and I don’t want to ask my mom simply because they don’t understand ocd and simply because the intrusive thought is her. I would never do things like that ocd is so scary
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