MRR7221
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- 3y
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
OCD can and will make you think any and every type of way to keep you in its trap. Also, your OCD knows everything you know so if you are attracted to someone else as well, it will jump on that. Your job to get better is to stop looking for certainty and accept that even your worst fears are possible. Looking for certainty keeps you in its trap
MRR7221MRR7221
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- 3y
I find a coworker attractive but I am married to my amazing husband whom I love so much but only see the coworker as a friend and then all of a sudden I had thoughts that I don’t love my husband anymore and should be with this guy instead and is causing me intense anxiety. Like I want to quit my job because of it
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 3y
@MRR7221 :( that sucks. This stuff is so hard and I’m sorry you are struggling so much right now.
MRR7221MRR7221
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- 3y
@Anonymous Thank you. Yeah it’s been super hard. It literally just popped in my head one day and hasn’t left my mind for like 2-3 weeks. I keep going from “nope that’s not true at all it is just anxiety” to “but what if I do??” And then panic attacks. That’s why I needed to know if OCD can make you think that way. I’ve had ROCD before where I didn’t think I loved my husband, but now it’s “do I like somebody else and not my husband?” And driving me absolutely insane. :(
NicaNica
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- 3y
Yes.
AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley
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- 3y
OCD can probably make u think just about anything
MRR7221MRR7221
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- 3y
@Anxiousashley But how do you know if ocd/anxiety or real?
AnxiousashleyAnxiousashley
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- 3y
@MRR7221 That’s the thing- we really have no way of knowing bc that’s the nature of OCD. It wouldn’t bother us if I didn’t feel so real. How I normally can tell if something is OCD is if it goes against my values (ego-distonic)
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