Sensory-motor obesessions while trying to sleep.

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I have not been sleeping well at all. I sometimes become very conscious of my breathing and don't know how to stop or other things like described here.

http://beyondocd.org/expert-perspective ... -from-sens

However, I also have issues sleeping in which I might see a shape, usually an irregular blob or something of the sort inside my eyes and my subconscious tries to tell me that it's a person or other animate object that can talk or do personified activities and my consciousness (the logical bit) is upset and wants it to stop.

Sometimes, I also hear words or phrases while stimming that I have the urge to yell out/fear that I have yelled it out and similarly, I often involuntarily think of certain topics or experience certain sensations while performing a task. For example, I used to think about Physics every time I shaved my legs, with a sense of deja vu. I also experience deja vu about seeing strange images or having a certain thought process while I brush my teeth, but I forget what I was thinking when the action stops. Should I tell this to my therapist today? I am also going off my meds because they were giving me meltdowns and acid reflux (bad) but I am having insomnia.

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Yes, definitely, especially if they prescribe your medications. If they don't, tell this to both your therapist and the person that does. Not necessarily the deja vu (could be a side effect, or genuinely recurring situations), but the sights, urges, thoughts, and insomnia, it's imperative that you tell that to those that handle your medical care, including your therapist.

For what it's worth, every now and then I'll get a sense of deja vu about something I'm doing, as if I've done the exact same thing before when it's only similar, and then on later occurrences I'll get a sense of deja vu about having the previous deja vu. Life is weird at times.