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So I’m in the middle of an intense wave of ROCD thoughts. And to answer your question, yes and no. The thoughts might not get better, but my emotional reaction to them does. Sometimes they feel like absolute truth and I am the worst wife in the world, and other moments I still have thoughts but I don’t react to them in the same way and that makes them seem better. But it takes a lot of time and seeking help to get there. Reach out to a therapist and keep holding on.
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Yes. All OCD themes can get better. Do you have a therapist and are you doing ROCD exposures? That is by far the best way. Love is not feeling. Especially for people with OCD. It is action/devotion. If you are waiting for things to feel right all the time, especially if you're not actively doing exposures, then you'll be going in circles. Tell yourself to act out your love, write down things you can to act out love when you feel anxious. If you have been stuck on trying to figure out feelings for a long time, treat them as if they don't matter for a while. You may as well try something new. I'm getting married in August and my ROCD is much better. Actions > Words > Thoughts. Good luck.
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what are some exposures for rocd ?
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@hope I'd like to know as well
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What is ROCD
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Mine did but this theme only popped up randomly for a couple months last year. Then completely went away as if it never even happened. Gives me hope for other themes going forward! I will say at the time it was terrible and felt all consuming. And the fact it came out of nowhere terrified me.
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what’s ROCD ?
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@Anonymous Relationship ocd
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Can ROCD make your thoughts and feelings feel 100% true or real???? Like I can have a thought or feeling and in that moment it feels real or should it not feel real until the ocd latches onto it?
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I wanted to talk about my experiences with rOCD since I currently do still suffer from it but I know if I talked about them. My thoughts are just gonna get stronger, but I’ll do it for the sake of talking about my experiences to others who feel like they’re alone. I have a very loving relationship actually my first healthy relationship we are currently still dating one year and six months. I would say these intrusive thoughts started to happen once I hit the one year mark with him. Nothing in the relationship has made me think these thoughts, but it just came. Like when my mind tried to make me think I liked another guy other than my boyfriend and that I was losing feelings for him. I started to panic because I knew that my heart belonged to my boyfriend and having thoughts that were against that belief it made me really anxious cause I never had those thoughts before. I was in and out of the care center at my school constantly having anxiety attacks, and it was affecting me day by day. I talk to my boyfriend about it because my mind can never keep secrets from him because then I would feel like that I’m lying to him… my mind just kinda works that way and I believe it’s due to the situation I have with rOCD. Luckily, he was really supportive.. in thoughts I’ve had was what if I don’t like him anymore or if he doesn’t do this does that mean he likes me or if he’s even the one just a lot of doubts about me and him in the relationship. And for anyone who’s experiencing stuff familiar to this you are not alone invalid only what you believe is what is true. And I know it’s gonna be hard to know what’s true or not because these thoughts that you have versus what’s in your heart you get confused but if you know that you love that person then that’s what true. Also, the only reason why it affected me a lot was because I kept trying to solve it and the only solution is to let those thoughts in and accept that you have those thoughts. I don’t mean as an accept that these thoughts are true, but accepts that those are the thoughts that you’re thinking because if you keep on trying to find a solution to remove them, it only just get worse.
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i think i’m struggling with rocd but the thoughts feel so much more different than they have before. i was just wondering if the thoughts i’m going to list are also the thoughts other have had, and if so, do you have any tips to manage them? my thoughts are: “do i love my boyfriend?” “i don’t love him” “what if you don’t love him?” “i do love him” “is he the one?” “is he attractive?” “does that give you the ick?” “is this character trait of his bothersome?” “because this happened it means we aren’t compatible” “you need to break up with him” “do you want to break up with him?” “do you want to marry him?” i was just wondering because i feel so tired from trying to overcome them, that they’re just now starting to feel true. and just thoughts im gaslighting myself or that my thoughts are real and i really don’t love my boyfriend
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