Trigger factor
Fearing & preventing wet dreams
People describe dreading wet dreams: anxiety, being afraid to go to bed, setting alarms for 3–4 a.m., constantly changing sleep position and trying everything to prevent them; some feel that thinking about them makes them more likely.
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What people said10
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- “Wetdream fear make ocd in form of changing body,blanketpose as I think my pelvicfloor might be too tight,etc,so I change pose,but ik its ocd,but i cant resist so i get stressed thinking my pose isnt good,fight or flight response thus keeps me awake for 1-2 hour and i get bad sleep.”
- “In my worst years, I had to wake up at 3-4 AM to avoid a wet dream.”
- “I have, for the most part, been able to avoid wet dreams. This comes at a great cost. But it is worth it to prevent pois debilitation.”
- “I've done everything I can to avoid wet dreams and I can't.”
- “What are bulletproof tips to stop nightfall, so, we POISers can abstain and not get nightfall aswell?”
- “I'm afraid of going to bed because I don't know if I'll wake up with pois symptoms or not.”
- “The more you think about the more your subconscious attempts to bring it up later.”
- “My biggest problem is I get wet dreams often too, I'm trying to avoid them. I can't stop them, and they give me big symptoms.”
- “Terrified to Sleep”
- “Maybe thinking about wet dreams is what can cause them?”