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- 3y
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- 3y
Don’t give into your OCD here, be strong. Ruminating on what the dream meant and if you would be happy with the other person is a compulsion, talk to your therapist about this. You got this
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- 3y
He’s right get more professional support to guide you with personalized structure & it’ll all be clearing because you’ll learn how to better identify what is & isnt ocd. Knowing what’s going on in your mind helps you heal it immensely! 🧡
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- 3y
I don't have therapy - I'm not even diagnosed. But I appreciate the advice :)
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- 3y
Gotta take those first steps before you can go anywhere! There’s always a way to get something done.
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- 3y
Im in a similar boat as you bro…new to this platform and havent been diagnosed or treated yet…that said, i have dealt with OCD for many years and have enough experience dealing with its affects during a long-term serious relationship to tell you that there is hope…ive had dreams like yours several times before and have woken up feeling worried about what they meant and whether or not a should tell my lady about them…also, more commonly, i tend to worry for weeks or months at a time after meeting a new woman that i find attractive (typically a coworker) that one day i will cheat on my lady with the other woman…honestly, this seems to happen every time i start getting to know another woman, but after four years of these repeated experiences and worries coming from the OCD, i can safely say that i have never cheated on my lady once with any of those women and thus it really was just the OCD messing with my head…can i answer the question of whether or not i actually liked the other women and wanted to be with them instead? No, i cannot, because that part will always be uncertain and i must accept that…what i can say though is that i did probably find some of those women attractive (either physically or because of their personality), but what i can also say is that i did not act on that attraction and instead remained loyal to the woman who matters most in my life…my point is that i believe my actions matter more than the thoughts or dreams or feelings that i might have…i hope that helps bro, you are not alone
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- 3y
Its normal 100% to find other women attractive and to fantasise about them... completely normal and that will never change .... but your giving that thought meaning and taking it as proof you want to cheat.. when you don't... you just think shes hot and that you would if u weren't with your partner... again normal!!!! It does not meen in any way that you want to cheat... but at the same time you still going to find other people attractive and fantasise.. its called window shopping!!! ... relax and realise its normal... and also after the initial excitement of being with a new partner has worn off it does always seem more exciting with someone different.. again totally normal... but doesn't meen u want to cheat or lose everything u have just because you find someone else hot... you completely overthinking it.
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- 17w
I know people say ocd can manifest in your dreams. I had a semi sexual dream, in that there was a naked woman and I enjoyed the dream so surely that can't be ocd. Idk this shit is annoying.
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- 16w
my relationship ocd theme is back and it hasn’t for a while. i keep having intrusive thoughts about a friend even tho i have a boyfriend of 6 years. i like do not like this person they are good looking but im not like into them. i like feel guilty for no reason and i feel like i need to tell my boyfriend even tho like we’ve been through this before and it only gets better if i tell him but if i don’t i feel like im hiding something. AHH like i don’t even wanna see that person anymore
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- 6w
I adore my partner. There’s this other guy my ocd has been triggered by from the start. He hangs out with my friends, we used to hangout before my partner. I feel like I’m so wrong for still hanging around him in social settings. Its just fun sometimes. I have fleeting feelings and there’s kind of a flirtatious vibe? I’m scared I’ve flirted. I’m scared of the “feelings” I get even though I know feelings can have zero significance when I love my partner so much. I overanalyze everything. The guilt is overwhelming. I want to be with my partner not this other guy. I feel like a terrible partner. I know this could all be OCD why does it feel so hard. I think my brain has so much worked up over this other person no wonder I feel so much guilt. My OCD makes everything into a big deal.
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