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ROCD - breaking up
Has anyones ROCD been so bad that they broke up with their partner? Or they didn’t realize they had ROCD and broke up with their partner? I did and I feel alone in this aspect.
Has anyones ROCD been so bad that they broke up with their partner? Or they didn’t realize they had ROCD and broke up with their partner? I did and I feel alone in this aspect.
Because it was 5 months before I realized. I finally did and now we are working on figuring things out but with the time we were apart, it’s hard. Plus he still blames me for leaving for choosing flight over fight after 8 years. Which is scary and unhealthy and makes me question if we should get back together, but also he has years of issue with people abandoning him and has accountability issues from his father so I understand where his mind is coming from and these are things I want to work on him with in therwpy
Don’t worry . This is exactly me right now. It’s been over a week. I did get upset over differences because we just moved in together. There are things that affected how I felt as a person but not OCD but it was a compulsive thing to do. Plus my religious OCD makes me feel like he’s not the one and God has someone else for me but I’m not sure. He told me the same thing how I can just get up and dip so quickly. Right now we are unsure if what to do and if we’re planning on getting together or not but I just pray about it. I know how you feel trust me . And there’s so much overthinking that happens in the proceeds of not having the person physically with you
It’s so much easier when they’re not far away. Plus he’s been on a vacation with his friends that no longer like me after I broke up so he’s not talking to me a lot either which makes it harder
@gracek2218 Is this the first time you broke up with him? Does he even know you have OCD because that can maybe be a reason. I feel like you guys should talk about it
why don’t you explain to them it was rocd and get back together if you realize it was a compulsion
Yeah
My therapist isn’t specialized in OCD. I’m her first OCD client. She told me she’s taking courses in ERP and specifically sexual OCD since a lot of my themes are sexual in nature. I want help, I need help. It feels like every time I meet with her I get set back. I make progress a lot on my own. Sitting with discomfort, trying to accept the thoughts and uncertainty. But every single time I meet with her, it feels like I’m explaining OCD to her. She even went as far as to suggest that some of my thoughts that bring me distress are mine. I am not a cheater. They are not mine. Why on earth would they not be intrusive if I was in tears about having this thought? I feel bad. I really do because I can see that even though I can very much see her mistakes, I can also see that she’s trying to help me. I’m just so scared of getting worse. I’ve been in therapy for 5 weeks now. I feel like had it been with a specialist, I would be doing so much better. Instead it takes me days to come backs to whatever progress I’ve made alone after meeting with her. She’s a great person, she tells me she experiences intrusive thoughts too and she doesn’t have OCD which helps me feel less alone but I don’t think that’s enough for me. She’s always available for a call whenever I’m in extreme panic. I just don’t think this is working. I trust her and I tell her everything, but it feels like she’s just listening to me talk the whole time. We’re doing a workbook but she gives me absolutely 0 input. I just read my replies and she just sits there. I don’t understand the point in that. I feel so anxious right now. She wants me to get properly evaluated for anything that may be going on because on top of the severe OCD, I was also diagnosed with PMDD, GAD, and MDD by my primary care doctor but I guess she doesn’t trust those diagnoses? My psychiatrist also told me I have ADHD, which I’ve suspected my whole life but it sounds like my therapist doesn’t know how to handle OCD much less OCD, MDD, GAD, PMDD, and ADHD. She’s questioning the validity of my diagnoses instead of helping me figure out how to deal with all of it. This is so suffocatingly difficult. I’m also a huge people pleaser so how on earth do I end this thing?
OCD can be an incredibly lonely experience, especially when people around you don’t understand the thoughts and fears you’re facing. But you’re not alone—others have been there too. What’s something about OCD that makes you feel isolated or alone?
My last post I talked about what I had done and how I ruined my relationship the best thing that has ever happened to me and me and my boyfriend have been working on it and fixing things this passed month and he just told me we are single yet committed to each other we are giving each other space so he can make sure he wants this I’ve ruined it in the passed month from everything happening u have been pushing acting as if everything is normal and not growing it’s my fault it’s all my fault I broke this I can’t do this right I love him with everything in me and I just wanted to make things right I’m sorry
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