Magical Thinking OCD. Please Help.

I have completely relapsed... Trigger warning.
So my obsession has a lot to do with sleep deprivation. I LOVE sleep, it rules my life. And since my OCD is very magical/superstitious based, I have an obsession that sometimes I magically "curse" myself to become sleep deprived.
The intrusive thought, I'll give you an example. I was thinking about random stuff, and then I thought to myself, "give my ability to sleep to another person." and then I breathed out and I thought God sensed this and now I can't sleep because He's taken away my ability to sleep.
It is now 4:18 in the morning and I can not sleep. Help me. I keep compulsively asking God to give my ability to sleep back. What do I Do????

God is not going to take away your ability to sleep because you said that. It has to be something medical or psychiatric.

Dnester wrote:God is not going to take away your ability to sleep because you said that. It has to be something medical or psychiatric.

Thank you for replying. Do you have experience with Magical thinking OCD?

I have in the past.

My sis has the same prob.

Well I hope I'm the lucky one that got your ability....


Insomnia has got to be one of the most glaring examples of self-fulfilling prophesy there is, especially for pwOCD. The minute I worry if I'm going to be able to fall asleep, it snowballs, unless I am very, very careful with my next chain of thoughts....

Mumatthebeach wrote:My sis has the same prob.

If she needs someone to talk to, tell her maybe we can help each other. Also, how does she cope with it?

-- Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:46 pm --

Snaga wrote:Well I hope I'm the lucky one that got your ability....


Insomnia has got to be one of the most glaring examples of self-fulfilling prophesy there is, especially for pwOCD. The minute I worry if I'm going to be able to fall asleep, it snowballs, unless I am very, very careful with my next chain of thoughts....

I KNOW!!! Tell me, is your OCD the cause of your insomnia? and if so, how do you cope with it? Or OCD in general

-- Sun Apr 08, 2018 9:53 pm --

Snaga wrote:Well I hope I'm the lucky one that got your ability....


Insomnia has got to be one of the most glaring examples of self-fulfilling prophesy there is, especially for pwOCD. The minute I worry if I'm going to be able to fall asleep, it snowballs, unless I am very, very careful with my next chain of thoughts....

Also... What is "PwOCD"???

Pw is shorthand in the forums for People With.....

pwOCD, pwNPD, pwBP, etc etc.

I don't know that OCD is the CAUSE of insomnia, but I think if anyone wants to sleep and gets to thinking about not falling asleep, they're liable to have problems, and pwOCD are really, really good about thinking about things they don't want to happen, aren't we?