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People without rocd will never understand š We don't have to do anything that we don't want to!
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I hate those common beliefs! A lot of people just give up their relationship because one day they don't feel enough attracted, enough ready, enough interested, or simply don't enough for other people. Staying in a relationship means having also bad moments, moments of quietness, moments of apathy! We can't pretend we are always 110%! Ironic: I think that us with rocd are more committed than others, we fight for what we want, and we aren't scared anymore about bad days! Sorry I hope that isn't a rassicuration, I just need to trow it out my mind! If it triggers you or anything, tell me! I will delete it!
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It didnt trigger me :) but yeah I noticed that as well. People move so fast these days and don't give it enough time for a connection to form. I've never ever had a connection with someone instantly, it always took time
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my friends told me I don't love my half enough, because I keep have doubts. 𤔠People aren't ready to understand haha
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I'm 30 years old and in my first official relationship. We've been talking for three months and dating for two. I like this man very much. He's kind-hearted, thoughtful, incredibly smart, and very sweet to me. On our most recent date, we had a heart-to-heart about intentions. We've only slept together once. Circumstances haven't been ideal for both of us, but I was worried there was something wrong with me (story of my life). He assured me that there isn't anything wrong with me and that he is attracted to me, there's just been a lot going on that's gotten in the way of being that intimate. He also told me he wants me to know that this is more than sex. I was very relieved to hear this, and very happy to know that he wants a deeper relationship, as I want this, as well. I just keep worrying that he thinks all I want is sex, which is not true. I told him as much, but the OCD part of my brain just can't let it go and can't accept that things are good, which they are. We show affection in other ways, like holding hands, hugging, kissing, cuddling at the movies. I just keep feeling like I've ruined things. Can anyone give me any advice?
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Is not really an ocd post.So some weeks ago I started to date a guy who is going to college with me.We met recently and I hold his hand.After..he started to touch me...is a way that I was not really uncomfy(is not something serious).And it bothered me 2 times, but idk if it was intentional or not.I was never in a relationship..We started talking 4 months ago and he told me we can be togheter and get to know eachother over time..I accepted..But now idk if it was a good decision..I mean..when he was actling like that before I was fine with it..now I am not really.When he kisses me I feel weird..maybe even grossed out.I dont understand myself..but the idea is that I told hom before that he can be more affectionate with me.And now I am honestly a bit scared of how he will react if I break up with him.I feel anxious.And when we got togheter I felt like that and I told a friend and she told me is normal because is my first time..What do you think? (Plus...I also like women and idk if I am bi or a lesbian)
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This is going to be long and all over the place. To give some context Iāve dealt with SOOCD for a long time now and it had very bad effects on my past relationship. I had a hard time being intimate with my past partner because I was always subconsciously checking if I was getting aroused enough, if I was attracted to him, if I truly liked him, or if I was lying to myself (yk the whole deal). I literally felt nothing but anxiety when we did things which made everything worse. I was also extremely depressed which made my libido and attraction towards men completely vanish (still have low libido and my attraction is kinda the same). Me and the guy broke up and a couple years ago we reconnected. When I saw him again I was extremely attracted to him, romantically and sexually. This made me so happy because I finally felt some confirmation that I knew who I was and my thoughts werenāt real after years of being tortured by them. We didnāt end up lasting because my feelings started to shift but I truly blame that on the fact that it was just a dumb old high school relationship, he was a terrible boyfriend in the past, and we had nothing in common. However while we were together, I had dealt with really bad relationship anxiety. I found other people attractive which gave me reassurance, but also made spiral because I thought it meant I didnāt like him anymore, I was lying to myself about my feelings, and I questioned everything about the relationship. Fast forward to now, I am now in a new relationship and Iāve known this guy for a long time. I developed a crush on him which again made me really happy bc I havenāt had a crush in a VERY long time. I made a couple of posts on here about how I started to overthink everything (pls read those to get more context I donāt want to make this even longer). I started to get really anxious and had more intrusive thoughts about lying to myself about my feelings/and sexuality, not really liking him, not being attracted to him, yk all that. I was able to manage it by watching a video about rumination where the guy basically just said āstop thinking about it.ā He said to just let it float there, donāt engage with it, donāt try to solve or understand, donāt try to replace it, donāt say a mantra, donāt be mindful, just let it be there and move on. I also went on reddit and this guy said to stop hyper focusing on the attraction/ the ārightā feelings bc the more you try to look for them the less you will feel it. Anyways, I took the advice and the next time we hung out I felt comfortable and just so much better. It was the sweetest date and I truly had a fun time. However, when we kissed I immediately started over analyzing and questioning everything. I had bad experiences with my ex because I kept trying to analyze my feelings like do I really like this kiss? Am I actually attracted to him? Why am I not feeling super excited right now? Why did all these good feelings just go away? It was so annoying and heartbreaking for me because I just want to be normal, I want to truly enjoy this relationship. I want to stop automatically checking and over thinking everything. Weāve discussed sexual things and it automatically made me hyper analyze everything making me feel more anxious and unsure about the relationship and my sexuality. There have been times where we talked about them and Iāve thought about it with no worry, and I even got turned on by it (tmi iām sorry). But Iām worried that Iāll have the same bad experiences I did with my ex and itāll ruin how I view the everything. I was so excited for this but now I feel so scared and anxious again. I really want to enjoy this, heās truly an amazing person and I want to be with him without being bombarded by this shit š. Sorry if none of this made sense. Please give me advice if you have any!!!!
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