Bridgerton has me triggered!!!

Logically, I know how unrealistic a TV romance is, but this show has me in a spiral that I am settling or that my relationship isn’t passionate enough. I wonder if it should feel different than it does, I wonder if I love him enough, all because of freaking Kate and Anthony who are fake people!!! I love getting lost in a good period drama romance. I just want to be able to do it without being plagued by relationship doubts. Can anyone relate and how do you combat this?

Relationship OCD

Username: EM77EM77

Date posted: 2y ago

I went through the exact same thing when I watched Bridgerton with my boyfriend. I was especially triggered when Daphne was asking Anthony if Edwina gave him that passionate feeling that Simon gives her and Anthony knew she didn’t but said yes anyway. I think I ruminated my whole way through the show which was horrible and made me more convinced than ever that I should break up with my boyfriend. I’m sorry I don’t have advice but wanted to let you know I went through literally the exact same thing

Username: busybrainbusybrain

Date posted: 2y ago

Hey, exactly the same here - and with exactly the same scene EM77 was triggered by 🙋🏼‍♀️ it sent me into a bit of a spiral, and I just had to remind myself that love isn’t a feeling. It’s a choice! They’re fictional people and their ‘love’ is also completely fictional. Lasting love is something we choose to build, it’s not based on something as flaky as a feeling/emotion. But you know this of course!

Username: EM77EM77

Date posted: 2y ago

Absolutely! Their passionate romance is designed to hook audiences in and make TV, quite often real love stories that happen in real life wouldn’t be interesting to watch on TV and so we have unrealistic expectations of love

Username: hellopeoplehellopeople

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 2y ago

It’s literally staged to get the audience to feel romance with great lighting/music and actors. I’m not a fan

Username: crazyfeelings

Date posted: 5y ago

I’m watching the bachelorette with my brother and I’m looking at all the cute boys and I can tell their cute, but my mind is constantly messing with me. It makes me think my feelings are fake ughhh they aren’t. I know they aren’t because these boys are reallyyyyy cute??

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Does anyone else get triggered by astrology? My fiancé and I have been together 4 1/2 years and lately my ROCD is bubbling back up. I noticed it’s really hyper-fixating on the fact that we aren’t in each others love, soulmate, or relationship matches. As if that changes that fact that we love each other and intend on a life long relationship together. It’s driving me crazy. More than anything I hate the gut feelings of fear I get. I fear I’ll leave him and find someone better or vice versa. It’s so stressful

Username: Vhperry

Date posted: 40w ago

Romantic Scene Triggers

My ROCD has been hyperfocused on why my sex life with my husband has been a lot less frequent. Thinking he’s lying, thinking I’m not good enough, etc. I started getting triggered by romantic scenes in movies and books, they make me really sad and want to stop watching.

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