âObstructive sleep apnea is a destructive disease that can ruin your health and increase your risk of death,â said American Academy of Sleep Medicine President Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler, a national spokesperson for the Healthy Sleep Project.
The phenomenon called racing thoughts is distinct from hearing voices, which is found in psychosis and is a symptom of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, severe mania or other psychotic disorders. Racing thoughts can be a symptom of mania or hypomania in bipolar disorder.
What Causes OCD. Everyone experiences intrusive, random and strange thoughts. Most people are able to dismiss them from consciousness and move on. But these random thoughts get âstuckâ in the brains of individuals with OCD; theyâre like the brainâs junk mail. Most people have a spam filter and can simply ignore incoming junk mail.