- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I’ve been through exactly the same as you, crying everyday and barely eating and functioning on some days , it gets easier , since doing ERP I feel a lot stronger , I’m not fully healed and I know this can take time months or maybe years , but the point is it’s getting easier and I don’t want to give up! You can turn things around and it’s not going to be easy, don’t listen to the advice of those around you in couples or people who don’t understand ROCD as they will not get it , they will make your ocd worse and I know this from experience ! Listen to professionals , watch the ocd videos posted on the app, and take each day at a time 🙏🏻
I can really relate, especially at the beginning of March I was exactly where you are. It does get easier and can become better. But a lot of it is work that you have to consistently work on, I’m currently having what’s called a “back door spike” and it really blows. I’ve overcome the ROCD before tho and I believe I can overcome it again. Just stick with your erps and do your best not to give your ocd thoughts the attention they want. Unfortunately, ocd just has a habit of picking on the things we care about most it seems like. I wish you success and happiness in your ocd recovery
In the begining love is a choice then it becomes a feeling and a choice. I am going through the same thing. Its only been 6 months for me with him but ive had bad pasts with men so this gives me anxiety.
You need to do ERP for this, you will feel soooo much better!
how long should my obsessive thoughts last about my boyfriend if i have rocd ? usually i have a bad period where i think i have lost feelings for him and then it comes back but i’ve been feeling anxious and having these constant thoughts for days now. i’m trying not to do my compulsions but even when i do i don’t get the feeling of loving him back i just don’t get the constant thoughts and anxiety. is this rocd or do i actually just not like my boyfriend ? i’m not formally diagnosed with rocd but i have done so much research and my habits and thoughts sound exactly like examples of those suffering from rocd. i thought that i had it and now i’m scared i don’t and i just don’t love him. but then i also know that that’s another symptom of rocd that the ocd convinces you that you don’t actually have rocd and you just don’t have feelings for them so now i’m scared and confused. can anyone tell me if they think that i have rocd please
can ROCD make you feel like you don’t love him? i do love him and even on good days there’s always has anxious feeling in me that brings on the what if’s and makes me feel like i don’t want to be with him. i have been diagnosed but i still question if i want to be with him. there was a time in my life where this was not even a question and i knew that he was the one i wanted to be with but my theme switched to ROCD a couple months ago and it feels like i’ll never be the same
Hey guys I have rocd and I need advise or some words of encouragement When it comes to the feelings of oh I dont love my boyfriend even when I say I do it feels like im lying to myself and it makes me discouraged but I am too numb to fight it Its like my body doesn't want to accept I do Moments when I think oh I want to do something with my boyfriend my brain and feelings shut it down like oh its just going to turn into a routine or nothing he does will make you into him It just makes me depressed and numb because I love my boyfriend a lot, I could not imagine leaving him when I know all I want is him Sometimes my head tells me oh you are too young to have rocd (im 19) or there's always the grass greener on the other Side why settle But I love long term relationships and I want it with him, I chose to date him because it was something about him that was just different and I instantly connected with him We also been together for almost a year (anniversary on August 25) and sometimes my head tells me oh if you guys were together longer its rocd since a lot of people that are on the app I've seen had their relationship for years With anyone dealing with this and go through these episodes in recovery what is it that you do that helps you go forward with your partner and not feeling like giving up
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