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Hey guys so I was having good days last week . I was feeling connected towards my partner and felt the feeling of being in “love” again . On Thursday those feelings started to go away again and I don’t feel as anxious and now I’m starting to get intrusive thoughts that just love to stick . These thoughts are telling me that since I don’t feel anxious about these thoughts they must mean they’re true about my relationship and that I should leave . It makes me loose hope every time that I’ll get better . Does anyone else experience this ? Does anyone have any advice ? I’m really trying and when I think I’m almost there something happens in my head and I get depressed again :/

Username: Todd James Todd James

Date posted: 2y ago

I read the other day that love is a choice not a feeling. The truth is you will never constantly feel in love with anyone. This is similar to expecting to be happy all the time, it is literally impossible but it doesnt mean you need to die. Life is up and down and so are feelings. See the times when you arent feeling it as practice to acknowledge the feeling and choose love no matter what the feeling

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

@Todd James Yes it helped me so much once I just decided I do love my husband & now it’s a matter of getting through the tough times.

Username: Anonymous<3Anonymous<3

Date posted: 2y ago

@Todd James Iv heard that too from awaken into love ! And it did help a lot knowing it’s okay to not always feel in love but of course there’s those days where nothing seems to get me out of that funk . I’m fairly new to this so I’m still learning how to go through live like this . Thank you for replying I’m so happy to know I am understood somewhere :)

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Just go about your day with this feeling. Let the thoughts flow as you complete your day. Anxiety takes so much energy, and OCD gets it’s energy from our compulsions. If you don’t feed it the avoidance you normally engage in when these thoughts pop up, when you don’t give into compulsions, you deny it energy to keep up the “what ifs”. Just let it flow. He doesn’t know if you haven’t told him (and don’t tell him!) and he’s still there, he will be there when you’re feeling better and he has a whole life to engage in when you’re not feeling 💯. Your BF is fine.

Username: Anonymous<3Anonymous<3

Date posted: 2y ago

@Anonymous Thank you for this! When I began rocd I physically felt sick and don’t ever want to go through that again . This is so freaking hard and I can’t bring myself to tell him or anyone because I feel like they wouldn’t understand.

Username: LocnaLocna

Date posted: 2y ago

I don't know if you have ever read Kyle Benson's article, "Are love laws throwing your relationship in jail". This article saved my whole anxious life. It helped me to refocus myself. It's long but just briefly running through it can help out.

Username: Anonymous<3Anonymous<3

Date posted: 2y ago

@Trugga Haven’t read it but I’m definitely gonna get my hands on it ! Thank you !

Username: Beatocd

Date posted: 5y ago

Are there ebbs and flows to OCD or anxiety. Last week there were periods of times I was feeling better. Moments. Times where the intrusive thoughts didn’t bother me and I didn’t had riddling anxiety. Now it’s back and I need help

Username: chanelleandlum

Date posted: 5y ago

Hey friends- I just wanted to share today just my quick reflection on my ROCD process. Though this is something I am ongoing working on and tackling, I’ve recently been able to trust the ‘feeling’ of knowing when I am experience symptomatic behaviour, thus just riding out the small panic moments despite the demand in my head to urgently pay attention. I sure as hell still have the bad days, but just wanted to remind everyone that those good days are in there when we can remember them sometimes ?

Username: zoed

Date posted: 2y ago

Today I tried to resist compulsions and stay as calm as I can but then Rocd attacked me again in a massive way. I kind of feel like my mind is foggy and messed up.most of the time so get triggered seems easy. Every little thing I hear and seems suspicious I will overanalyze it for hours because I am so afraid of being betrayed, dumped or someone do something bad behind my back. These thoughts have stuck inside my mind in such a level where my days are spent like that. When I get an intrusive thought it feels so catastrophic and horrible that I feel I can't do anything. I am stuck there thinking and analysing. It is so difficult to handle it, I feel so scared and alone in this...

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