I was so tired today until I turned off the lights and got into bed. Everytime im in bed I start ruminating and panicking and it just doesn’t stop. Sometimes I won’t be able to calm down until it’s 4 am. I’m just so frustrated
This used to happen to me so much recently; honestly makes me nervous to sleep at times. I mainly got over it by doing breathing exercises. The one that helps is taking in a deep breath, but I push my stomach out, as if I’m filling a balloon. I hold my breath for a few seconds, then exhale slowly. I remind myself that it’s an anxious thought, that I’m in control of myself, and it’s just my brain being a brain. I learned this from “Pure O” OCD by Chad Lejeune and it’s been quite helpful. I hope this was of some help! You got this!
I am the exact same way… been dealing with ruminating enforced insomnia on top of my regular insomnia for nearly a month. It is so hard, I usually can’t do anything and don’t realize time is even passing when it happens. You aren’t alone 🫂
Happened to me last night. I kept having to say maybe/maybe not to everything my ocd threw at me but it was painful.
What works for me… take a warm shower before bed, get in bed and say your prayers, turn on a funny show and before you know it, you fall asleep. Works for me. Give it a try.😃 Find a routine that works for you and stick with it.
I have work at 4am tomorrow and normally am asleep by 9 or 10 at the latest to be up by 2:30. But the thoughts are so bad I’m afraid of even closing my eyes and lately I’ve been going to bed at 6pm to fall asleep by midnight. I’m so over this. Any tips for falling asleep without getting bad thoughts. I keep picturing imperfect things or reliving every event that triggered me throughout the day. Last night I literally tried falling asleep without closing my eyes (which is impossible) then had to work today running on 3 hours of heavily interrupted sleep. I’m so exhausted and just over this.
I absolutely hate ruminating at night, it's different then in the day time like I can combat the thoughts easier during the day. But at night it's like a whole different ball game as if I have no defense. And this triggers my anxiety, I'm so tired and sleepy I wanna sleep but I can't get these thoughts to just stop. Any advice is welcome and needed.
Another night of waking up at 5am with intrusive thoughts & fears. Fears of someone breaking into my house and harming me, fear of house fires and being unable to get my mom & cats out, being overwhelmed with “all the things I need to do” the next day. Obsessing to check the downstairs camera. It’s exhausting and causes me lack of sleep. And then I’m unable to sleep for hours after I wake up sometimes.. and my cat will wake me up in the morning. It’s driving me crazy. 😞😞😞😞 I also need all of my blankets perfectly aligned or I can’t sleep, make my bed every single day bc of it, cannot sleep with pants on or tight clothing. Etc. list goes on…
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