Not feeling like myself?

Hello!
So ever since my OCD started getting really bad (about half a year ago) I started having days where I wouldn't feel like myself.
What I mean by that is that random places or people suddenly remind me of either a) a bad time in my life, b) a scary movie or c) a nightmare I've had before and from then on I experience the feelings I've had in that certain situation (as for b) I feel the way I imagine the people in the movie must feel like).
In the beginning I've had 2, maybe 3 days a month but it's getting worse gradually and now I'm at a point where I experience this symptom almost everyday.
Another thing is that when I wake up from a bad dream, I don't feel relieved anymore - the emotions I've had in that nightmare just carry on while I'm wide awake.

I've dealt with anxiety issues for 8 years now and I've never had this symptom before. It's so terrifying because I feel like it might lead me to a point of not knowing what's real anymore.

Can anybody relate or at least tell me what they think it is that I'm experiencing?

Dear frisch+:

I have OCD now for 50 years, since I was five or so. And it was bad for many years, very intense anxiety, big time. I too was afraid that I will not know what is real anymore. I thought I was going crazy and am on my way to psychosis. I was even told that by a psychiatrist when I was 20.

But not so. My OCD is better now, better for the last 20 years for sure and I am dealing with my anxiety now better than ever. I never became psychotic. (Not that I know of)- really, I didn't. It surprises me though- how can a person suffer as much as I have and not lose touch with reality...

From my experience, OCD did not lead to losing touch with what is real (I used to daydream about losing touch with what is real and live in a fantasy land instead in my anxiety.. but it did not happen.

I hope this is helpful to you..?
atina