OCD and Dreams

Snaga wrote:Well at least, if it's unpleasant, you get to wake up from them. The unpleasant ones I have that i can't seem to pull out from go on and on sometimes. I'll actually try to wake up from those. Those are the only ones I find emotionally disturbing, as they frequently involve demonic forces (usually possessing an object), trying to accomplish some action and repeatedly failing (even something as simple as dialing a phone number), or worse, a combination of the two (such as trying to dial a number on a possessed telephone)- maddeningly Sisyphean and now that you started this thread I realise those dreams are probably something to do with OCD. I'd trade those for the disagreeable conversation you described in your OP anytime.

But back to the original question, yeah, I've had dreams I try to 'redo' the outcome, some unpleasant dreams, but some neutral or even pleasant dreams. I assumed it was something everyone did at some time or another, but based on what your therapist said maybe it's just OCD-ish people... having had OCD-like symptoms from childhood, I guess I wouldn't really know what constitutes 'normal'.

Snaga wrote:If I start a new job, I'm doing it in my dreams for months... I hate that.

-- Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:19 am --

If I start a new job, I'm doing it in my dreams for months... I hate that.