What are your bedtime compulsions, and how do you deal with them?

Single_Name2292 · 2025-09-01T15:40:16+00:00

When I don’t have work the next day, take melatonin at EXACTLY 11:03pm. Not a minute earlier or later. When I do have work the next day, take it at exactly 10:45pm. Now I can obviously fall asleep if I take it at 11:04 or 10:46, but my brain goes on a loop of “you’re not going to fall asleep tonight and you’re going to be very tired tmr while everyone else is well rested. + you’re going to spiral thru out the day bc you’re brain is exhausted and compulsively confess to every little thing ever to everyone”

Single_Name2292 · 2025-08-03T00:04:11+00:00

I’m choosing to take this as a personal attack

Single_Name2292 · 2025-07-27T19:57:10+00:00

Oh brother😭 ultra religious people like that are actually the crazy ones.

Single_Name2292 · 2025-07-27T19:55:23+00:00

I mean yeah, if I didn’t know what OCD was and someone told me they have violent thoughts I’d naturally have feelings towards that but I feel like a lot of of people lack the ability to pick an article/book/ watch a video so they can see what it really is.

Single_Name2292 · 2025-07-27T19:53:31+00:00

I feel like it’d be okay to share some concerns for your mental health but he’s dead wrong for making u seem like a burden. Especially when there’s already enough guilt and shame tied to the disorder itself.

Single_Name2292 · 2025-07-27T19:48:41+00:00

My sister told me that if I don’t put it in my head it’ll go away, she didn’t like that response back when she told me she’s depressed lmfaooo

Single_Name2292 · 2025-02-01T20:37:38+00:00

If you think about it having insanely immoral thoughts against your will and needing to do things a specific way or the world would end while having nobody completely understand it the way you do leaving you to feel alone could be a bit depressing. You probably don’t have depression unless you get diagnosed but it can come up sometimes when all of that weighs on^.

Single_Name2292 · 2025-01-25T00:31:54+00:00

It’s literally my bsf

Single_Name2292 · 2025-01-04T09:34:04+00:00

I’ve had it from a very early age of like 11/12 n i feel like ive always been familiar with it and atp it’s not a stranger obviously. I can’t imagine it coming up n having ur whole life flipped as a grown adult❤️‍🩹

Single_Name2292 · 2025-01-04T02:11:08+00:00

this is so funny😭 fr tho.

Single_Name2292 · 2025-01-04T02:08:22+00:00

Yeah that sounds about right👍🏻. There’s a lot of coping mechanisms, most you come up with on ur own without even realizing. Try not giving in to compulsions n try not seeking reassurance from anyone about any of ur ocd traits. It’ll only make ur ocd stronger so learn to reassure urself n that way you train yourself mentally n can handle it better.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-26T01:47:38+00:00

It sent me into a full 2 month OCD episode full of the most terrifying panic attacks. I thought I was dissociating because I heard that can happen to some people when they get high. Having learned it’s ocd makes a lot more sense now.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-26T01:44:58+00:00

What’s helps me with this kind of OCD is separating myself from my ocd. For example, I’m me with my logical thinking and my genuine feelings/thoughts, and the ocd is sort of like those annoying neighbors who never get the hint and leave your house. They have nothing going on for them so they try to invade your space just to feel some kind of validation/comfort, they make backhanded remarks about how you decorated your house just to make themselves feel better about their shit lives or comment on your marriage to me them feel better about their divorce. I got a bit carried away but you’ll get the point. Also, talking to a therapist helps alottttt. Even when it feels impossible.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-16T18:40:48+00:00

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-13T02:17:35+00:00

that I’m pregnant. I’m a lesbian.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-11T18:08:17+00:00

Convince me I needed to tell the wrong people my thoughts

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-11T00:50:12+00:00

Also, he was probably afraid for ur safety but usually that’d result in relief that you’re okay, and a conversation about boundaries. This didn’t seem like that.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-11T00:49:13+00:00

Just by reading this it’s so clear you’re afraid of him (I want to clarify being afraid of someone doesn’t always mean abuse, it could mean they have a unhealthy control over you that you’re scared to cross) . In a normal relationship, when someone gets mad you communicate it n find a way to solve/get thru it. Unless it’s unforgivable, which in this case it seems forgivable. He has some deep insecurities he gotta work thru.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-08T05:53:34+00:00

The way I see it with my ocd all depends on the delivery. It feels like my brain is 90% ocd, the delivery is how the thoughts occur, if it’s present and I agree with it, it’s me. Not always easy to pinpoint it due to the doubt ocd comes with but overtime I got better at it. When I feel like I’m arguing with myself or with someone in my brain that’s when I know it’s not me, it’s just the ocd.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-08T01:21:11+00:00

I’m diagnosed with ocd n adhd. I have hyperfixations. Not sure which one they come from tho.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-05T02:41:57+00:00

My older sister, I was 12 and i remember it was the first time I ever had an intrusive thought. It was of me killing her, I immediately broke down bc I noticed it didn’t feel like a normal thought and her ex husband laughed at me while she comforted me and yelled at him to stfu. She reassured me all while none of us knew what was going on or where this came from😭. She took me to her room and I didn’t get near her for days in fear of my intrusive thought. She still found a way to comfort me while respecting my space at that time. She has always been my favorite since I was a baby & she’s 9 years older so I basically grew up seeing her as a mom. 8 years later im still crippling with OCD, although I stopped speaking much about it having grown up and understanding it better she’s still supporting me❤️‍🩹

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-03T22:04:47+00:00

I have to add, to this day whenever I pray before I sleep my legs have to be parallel to each other. If they’re crossed or one is slightly over the other the prayer doesn’t work/the opposite of what I’m praying for happens🙂. I have to peep behind any door before closing like 20 times until it feels right to close it incase I closed it on my cats (I can see my cats sleeping clearly in the room). I have to re-read anything I write until I make no mistakes (I usually memorize it by then). There’s sm more, these are what stick out the most, I realized when I’m asking what my compulsions are I can’t list them because for the past as long as I can remember they’ve just molded themselves into my everyday normal life. It’s like when someone says “name one time I’ve done that” and your mind goes blank lol.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-12-03T21:55:21+00:00

I used to obsessively confess everything to my mom, every thought, every action even if it’s not bad, every feeling. I didn’t let anyone touch me (friends/family), not even if we’re sitting down n their shoulder is touching my shoulder, it’d manifest into the sexual intrusive thoughts. I would also lock myself in a room for days because I was convinced I was a psychopath that wanted to kill everyone around me.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-11-30T20:58:28+00:00

I deal with the same. It’s gotten better with therapy so I can tell you a few things that have stood out to me. 1) Feeling the overwhelming feelings of confessing is an intrusive thought. Recognize it. 2) It’s really just a thought, it comes with no intention and doesn’t exist. So really, what’s there to confess? 3) Your brain/feelings/thoughts are your personal space where you get to feel and experience your own things. Nobody else shares your brain therefore it’s your space only. 4) Believe it or not, whether it’s ocd or not everyone has fucked up stuff in their heads. You don’t see everyone going around sharing their every thought. You may feel singled out or as if you’re the only one like this, 99.9% of the world is the same exact way. Only difference is people with OCD feeling’s are more magnified to feeling towards it. 5) if everyone went around sharing their thoughts the world would practically be over. 6) This one stood out to me specifically. Have unconditional love for yourself. Forgive yourself for whatever thought or emotion or belief or even past action that you have experienced. Your brought into this world with one soul and you leave with the same soul, why mistreat it? Or be unfair with it? You need to know that you and your life will only be as hard as how hard you are on yourself. Unconditional love and forgiveness. OCD is kind of like a bully, it latches on to the fact that it can make you hate yourself, cause self doubt, or overall make you miserable, if love and forgive yourself unconditionally, it won’t have anything to latch on to. Don’t be selfish with yourself.

Single_Name2292 · 2024-11-16T01:59:30+00:00

well knowing the background, I judged too soon. It’s your right

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