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Neurodivergent 2w
i have been diagnosed with ocd and i’m realizing that ocd may be the reason i can never get adequate sleep. i have never felt rested in an extremely long time and it is starting to catch up to me. tips on how to get ocd out so i can sleep? i’m going crazy
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Anonymous 2w

I would wager you're feeling ocd about what counts as proper sleep or not, basically grading yourself on it...ever since I started completely ignoring the hours I slept etc i've felt much better

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Anonymous 2w

it depends on how your ocd impacts your life. it manifests in different ways for a lot of people. what makes you think it’s your ocd? xx

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Anonymous 2w

Maybe not ocd. Likely depression. Either way a good ssri can help

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

for me, my ocd impacts my sleep through obsessive thoughts of whatever’s caught my interest. i haven’t found a perfect fix for it but i start by at least being open to the idea of sleeping. i don’t try to force myself to sleep, just lay down with my eyes closed. then i relax my entire body and do a check of each part of it to make sure each limb is relaxed. then i count to 50. if i can make it to 50 and still obsess, i start over. and then i repeat this until i fall asleep lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

and it sucks and i have adhd so my thoughts don’t often want to stay in one spot. but i just try to physically relax my body as much as i can and trust that my brains instincts will activate whatever sleep chemicals happen when your body relaxes lmao

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