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I relate
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This is a big one do me too! I try to use these moments as in vivo exposures. I try to identify my worry and then purposely donāt try to solve it. For example, āwhat if heās not the one for me because I would prefer someone who takes care of things right away to keep my anxiety downā, or āwhat if I will always have anxiety in our relationship and weāll need to break up eventuallyā. Or you might be obsessing about obsessing (happens to me a lot)⦠āwhat if these thoughts never go away, what if I have anxiety forever.ā In these cases I try to accept the possibility by making it a āmaybeā statement and feel the anxiety. āMaybe Iāll always have this anxiety around him and weāll need to break up. Maybe not.ā I hope this helps even a little bit! š
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- 3y ago
Well, let's say this is a 50% ocd! One thing is if you distress over something that your bf did, but not in the way you wanted. In that case he didn't nothing wrong and it is totally your ocd!! But if he says something and than he doesn't do it, if he can't maintain his own words, well I would be pretty mad too! In that case, he is the one that should work with himself! Personally I would find really difficult to trust someone like that!! But probably that isn't your case!
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Yeah its more so not in the way i wanted. I know im being dramatic too but i cant calm down my anxiety and stuff even tho i kno its not a big deal.
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- 10w ago
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