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- 3y
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- 3y
The ick can be normal in any relationship.... However if u have rocd it can turn into an obsession. Constantly thinking negatively, doing compulsions that feed into the cycle that only make u feel worse. The anxiety, stress and emotional distress that can be caused by rocd is the worst.
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- 3y
It's an old "Sex In The City" reference to Leanne (you know, the "uptight one" 🙄) but it resonated with millions. Not only is the Ick the gross slime disease aquarium fish can get on their feet, Leanne was describing that point in a relationship when everything your partner does grosses you out. Here's a silly Women's Health article I saw about it - https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a37550106/what-is-the-ick/
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Is that like a normal faze in the relationship?
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- 3y
Depends. I agree with the article where I think it's normal if two people OD on new relationship energy and spend 24/7 together and need breathing room for a bit, and not "normal" (what is this "normal"?) when it's toxic. I've done both of these things on both ends. Sometimes, me and another were better friends than anything more, other times, I have been an uptight ass and put my negapuss energy on my lover. I also probably have the cute matching personality disorder too. I'm better than ever and striving daily. Meds with the right doctor who listened to my symptoms and believed me have been life-changing.
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- 25w
please i need someone to share experiences... - that a certain facial expression of a person to whom ocd is attached causes a lot of thoughts that are connected to that facial expression, and that the images in your head are very detailed, and that they have a sound, words, and that you have a feeling of some kind of crawling from the groin all over your body?
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- 20w
I'm really struggling to figure out where my OCD ends and where I begin. I’m scared of most things—not in a panicky way, but in a deep, cautious, worst-case-scenario kind of way. Example: I haaaaaaaaate my spectacles. I’d love to do Lasik, or even just wear contacts, but the idea terrifies me. I’ve heard about the tiniest risk of blindness or infection, and once that thought is in my head, it takes over. I picture the worst, and then I don’t act. TRIGGER Also Lasik involves cutting TRIGGER which petrifies me. I’m stuck between wanting change and being too afraid to make it. The same goes with wanting to travel but being scared I'll be trafficked or someone will plant something in my bag & I'll get arrested overseas. No amount of praying will fix it. Does anyone else feel like their OCD makes them freeze in everyday decisions? Like you can’t tell if you're just being practical or if it's the OCD gripping the steering wheel again? Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's not OCD but my personality, that's what I'm trying to figure out.
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- 19w
What irritates me the most is that during intimacy with my husband, it happens that OCD puts an image and scene in my head, my sister or someone for whom my OCD is attached and it's literally as if that intimacy is happening with that person, and it seems real that I can and it's exciting! I'm working on ERP during that, but it's still hard to digest... I don't know if it's the same for you?
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