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- 3y
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- 3y
I have this feeling a lot too, it’s hard because even though he’s going through something, OCD always pushes us to act impulsively, you’re not a bad person, you just need to try and seek professional help for your OCD
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- 3y
Hey , I wouldn’t over react to the situation because it’s going to heighten your anxiety . I’m hoping that you are able to sit down with him and explain to severity of your OCD because that would be helpful . I believe he’ll have some understanding in regards to your situation especially if he really likes/loves you . Now that you know confessing in this manner can be a compulsion , you’re able to make better decisions moving forward . The hardest part about OCD is giving in to our compulsions . It’s so much easier said than done . You telling him something about the past could have been important to discuss because it involved your relationship . Be proud of yourself for discussing the manner and showing honesty regardless of how old the situation is . Try to look at the bright side of this . When you feel anxious and you start spiraling take a deep breath , fix your focus and come back to the situation . Sometimes , it’s good to get some time away from the situations so that you can make better judgment. Don’t give in to every compulsion as it is very unhealthy. As you do counseling , you’ll be able to distinguish the compulsion and channel your focus . I hope that all is well with your relationship. Don’t over react to it . Take a breather and allow yourself some grace .
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- 3y
This was a very kind and helpful response I appreciate it. Now I’m just anxious I’m going to ruin everything lol. I do want to sit down with him and talk about the severity of it, I’ve told him other stuff that I think relates to my ocd/ just my trauma and stuff but I even found an article that helps explain confessing as a compulsion so I’d like to show him. I just feel terrible for acting out irrationally and telling him this instead of focusing thag energy on making sure he was okay after sometning horrible happened, it makes me feel like a bad girlfriend even though I care so much I didn’t show it in the right way. I hope he can forgive me. I’ve recently started going to therapy again and I have a dr appointment to maybe take medication so perhaps it will help. I’m making an effort but I feel like I should do more? Idk I do need to take a breath and not give into my compulsions when the anxiety arise and wait to see if it’s really something worth bringing up. I’m also fearful that this behavior is just toxic and abusive and I never wanna do that :( ugh but thank you a lot
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- 3y
It’s not intentional . You weren’t trying to dismiss his issue and just bombard him with your own issue . When your anxiety is heighten , we tend to just give immediately into our compulsion . Give your self some slack . Hopefully he understands . Don’t worry
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- 25w
Hi, I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been struggling for the past month, it’s been a mix of ocd flare ups and depressive episodes. I recently got into a new relationship, one I was not expecting at all as I had just broken up with my long term boyfriend over the summer and was expecting the cycle of being alone for a few years and then dating again. But anyways, my current boyfriend is amazing and so caring and sweet, I told him before we even started dating about my ocd and how I sometimes need constant reassurance and that it can be a lot to deal with it and that I can become clingy and annoying and he didn’t even bat an eye, he just said he likes me as I am and that he will be able to help and support me. We’re dating long distance rn as I’m finishing up college but we constantly text and video chat/call almost every night. My ocd has been constantly gnawing at that and it’s causing my abandonment issues to flare up horribly, I’ve told him a little bit about my ex boyfriend as he was not a very good person, he was much older than me (12 years) and at the start of our relationship he was amazing and said he could deal with my mental health issues (I know no one is obligated at all) but I would communicate to him that it scares me when he doesn’t talk to me for weeks at a time, and at first he said he would try to be better about that but then it turned into him saying I’m annoying and clingy and that I bother him and that he just wants alone time but during that alone time I wouldn’t hear from him at all for two weeks. He also stopped caring about my interests and said I was annoying when I would talk about them and would even get mad when I tried to talk about my day. Anyways being in this new relationship has caused me to fear that my current boyfriend is going to leave me, lost interest in me or that he’s annoyed with me and hates me, which unfortunately has caused me to give into my compulsion of reassurance so I’ve been asking him a lot “do you still like me?” “We’re still together right?” “Have I annoyed you?” And I hate myself for doing that. He is so sweet and I don’t want to be like this, I don’t want to drain him, i genuinely have never felt this way about anyone I’ve dated but it’s like he was meant to be in my life and we clicked instantly like it felt like we’ve known each other forever and I don’t want to lose him. My avoidance is getting bad and I’m trying to stop myself from pushing him away but I just feel so guilty and ughhhh it’s so frustrating. I just don’t know how to handle this, I want to be with him and I want to make him happy but I hate that my brain works this way.
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- 24w
Tmi warning I was being intimate with my bf and I kept getting the name of someone else pop up, but I didn’t feel anxious. Afterwards, as much as I tried to delay confessing, I couldn’t help it. I confessed. My bf was fine he said I probably didn’t feel anxious because I’ve gotten used to the anxiety and it’s okay, it doesn’t define me any more than it would if I was anxious. A few minutes later, he got upset and said that the confession kinda ruined a blissful moment. I’m so upset that my head feels so turbulent I didn’t even notice it was a blissful moment for him and could’ve been for me. I feel so awful. I haven’t slept in a day, I can’t stop crying. My bf is afraid that because this specific name keeps popping up, it might mean something and he feels less than sometimes because of it. I know I shouldn’t have confessed but I felt so safe that it was like a dam broke loose. I feel so awful. What’s worse is that I’m still scared it means something, I’m scared that my boyfriend’s fear is right. He’s very understanding of OCD and how it manifests in me and everything, I think I just kinda messed up a sacred moment and I feel so much guilt and confusion and just horrendous. I’m not even fully anxious. I don’t know what to do. I apologized a lot but I feel like I don’t deserve him and so selfish
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- Date posted
- 20w
My last post I talked about what I had done and how I ruined my relationship the best thing that has ever happened to me and me and my boyfriend have been working on it and fixing things this passed month and he just told me we are single yet committed to each other we are giving each other space so he can make sure he wants this I’ve ruined it in the passed month from everything happening u have been pushing acting as if everything is normal and not growing it’s my fault it’s all my fault I broke this I can’t do this right I love him with everything in me and I just wanted to make things right I’m sorry
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