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No! It is me!!!! I donāt love him anymore!!! This is fake right!! šš no no no no no!! Iām in denial!?!!
No! It is me!!!! I donāt love him anymore!!! This is fake right!! šš no no no no no!! Iām in denial!?!!
I have a suggestion. Donāt ever make a life altering decision in the middle of an anxiety attack. Your reasoning is not working correctly so when you have anxiety about that sort of thing just ride it out until you can think clearly. And if you start stressing if a previous thought was clarity or not just say it counted as stress and ride it out again. It is rough though. About half way through each day at work I have a panic attack and think they are going to fire me because I tricked them into hiring me and I am broken and I should quit to stop wasting their money so I am definitely not good at overcoming intrusive thoughts, myself. Just try to be patient with yourself and appreciate the people who do care for you.
@Anonymous My happy moments!!!! They were the true me! I donāt want to! I canāt work! I need to go home and stay home! I canāt work!! Or maybe I can leave early
I broke up with my partner during an anxiety attack 6 months ago and I regret it. I wish I had allowed myself to become more grounded before making such a big decision. Especially when I did it because I had convinced myself I only loved him as a friend and that I had been suppressing that I was gay. The truth is that I do love him as a friend, but heās my best friend. And I am queer, but thatās ok - I choose to love him anyway. We are in couples therapy now trying to reunite. I donāt know if it will work out, but I am trying!
@gracek2218 I am nervous bc at first I knew it was ROCD. But now itās like my ROCD is just gone. I am gonna switch my insurance so I can get help thru here.
@gracek2218 Iām convinced I just donāt love him anymoreā¦
@gracek2218 That Iām using ROCD as an excuseā¦
@gracek2218 I just keep thinking I wanna break up but Iāve tested myself so much in the past two years⦠seeing my reactionā¦.
@gracek2218 I donāt want to be in another relationship. I wanna work on things. I wanna get better mentally but I am fixated on our issues⦠when I didnāt obsess I knew I was okay. Confident. I loved him. But not lately.. I am worried bc of our issues I wanna leave him⦠š¢ they are solvable ones no abuse. I just donāt know what to do
@gracek2218 I donāt feel scared when I say I wanna break up when I test my reaction.., š
@7710 ā¤ļø Did you believe you were better!?!!!
Remember that OCD does itās best to convince you itās real. I see someone that loves and wants to be with their partner and is so afraid of that. Try leaning into the anxiety and asking yourself what is truly at the base of it. Iāll also tell you that choosing to try to make things work with my partner was scary and anxiety provoking and felt downright wrong at first. But now itās starting to feel so so right.
@gracek2218 I want freedom⦠I believe I am in denialā¦. I believe I donāt love him that I am just with him to avoid breaking his heartā¦. Iā¦I⦠have to break up!! š¢š I felt something when I gave him a hug yesterday⦠our living situation with my family is toxic⦠š° I try to tell myself things wonāt change if we broke upā¦. š¢ my brain things I can have freedom if I broke up⦠I know deep down I still love him.. but this feeling isnāt stopping thinking I donāt love him isnāt stoppingā¦. šš°š¢ constantly feeling off with him bc of how I believe I donāt love him⦠no relief⦠I talk about getting better and when I do itās like I am healed and just know I donāt love himā¦. š°š
@gracek2218 Itās like I canāt accept him anymore š¢š
@gracek2218 This⦠isnāt real⦠this has to be ROCD!! š°š°š¢
@gracek2218 I keep testing myself by trying to send him a break up message⦠to see if I would send it⦠I donāt thankfully⦠Itās not getting⦠better⦠š¢š
@7710 ā¤ļø You keep saying you are testing yourself - thatās the ROCD!! I also would always tell myself, maybe if we break up Iāll feel freedom - Iāll feel the weight of the world off my shoulders. I didnāt. In fact I felt crazy, alone, guilty, and horrible all around. I used to almost say to him - we are over just to see if my body would react in a bad way, and most of the time it did - until it didnāt. And thatās when I thought uh oh this means itās time to breakup. Itās ok to not feel stereotypical āloveā right now. That doesnāt mean you donāt love him in the right way. I remember noticing that sleeping next to my partner didnāt feel the same anymore. Like there was love missing. That was the anxiety and thatās ok. Everything youāre feeling is ok. If it makes you feel better. In the darkest hour of my anxiety, I told my partner that I donāt think I ever loved and that I never found him attractive. I regret saying those things and I donāt find them at all to be true anymore. It was just the OCD. It was the anxiety.
@gracek2218 Did you really believe you didnāt love him? š¢ did you obsess over issuesā¦
@gracek2218 Did you think you wanted to be with someone else!? Did you actually think you didnāt want your partner? š°
Oh yes I truly believed I didnāt love him. And sometimes I still worry about it. I made lists of reasons that proved I never loved him. But itās just not true. And yes I thought I belonged with someone else. I would try and guess the persons name that I would end up with. I would look at people in grocery stores and think maybe I end up with you.
@gracek2218 Is breaking up the only way I am gonna know if I love him still? I still feel that ROCD is messing with me in some way.. I remember there were times I felt like this but randomly would be able to snap back when I saw him.
@gracek2218 I believe I only wanna break up to feel better. But it doesnāt feel that way š¢
I know. I hope they come back for you too! I trust that they will. I feel that for you and have every faith. Rooting for you!
Would you be able to get your own place? Or maybe find a different roommate? I know the stressors of family have added to my relationship anxiety a lot. And it was an important environment for me to leave.
@gracek2218 We canāt afford it. Due to my bad spending money habits Iām in debt and my partner is good at hanging on to money but gets paid very littleā¦
@gracek2218 We donāt know what to do to make things better š¢š
I know. Itās so so so scary and it feels like the only thing to do is break up. But I can truly see you love this man. I think you should try ERP! Or IFS!
Heās gonna be my ex!! No!!!! No!!!!!
Is it from me saying Iām gonna break up to test myself over and over again!! Is it bc of our issues!! šš
How convinced were you!?!?
I was in the same boat! It took a long time to get where I am today. I was convinced probably 1.5 months ago that I didnāt want to be in this relationship. But now Iām here and wondering how to ask him if we can live together again. The thoughts of ROCD are still there and scary, but they feel more approachable and less in control.
@gracek2218 Did you have anxiety?
So much! At first I couldnāt even be in the same room as him because my anxiety about him was so bad. And I lived with everyday anxiety for about 3 months. Now at 6 months, Iāve spent a week straight with him and Iāve had no anxiety.
@gracek2218 Did you ever feel you would have a better life without him? š°
Did you obsess over issues?? š° That can be fixed!? I kept telling myself over and over again that I wanna break up for a reaction and now itās seems like I want it⦠this doesnāt feel like ROCD at all that I am in denial⦠š° I just want things back to normal again⦠I really do! I really donāt wanna break up with my partner⦠but Iām stuck thinking I do⦠š° Iāve been with him for 12 years. I want to save the relationship not see it die⦠Knowing I want things back to normal again should be enough⦠why isnāt it⦠š Iāve been suffering with ROCD for 8 years⦠the past 2 going on 3 have been the worst years of my life⦠š¢ I care about my partner more than anyone. I donāt want my feelings to die⦠My clarity moments constantly feel like a lie now⦠šš I wanna cry! But I canāt.. š I tested myself still to get a reaction and I never get one⦠I read on Reddit everyday trying to find the post that could snap me out of it⦠š°
Thank you.. for answering my questions⦠I still didnāt get relief⦠I want to love him I know I do⦠I just look at him and think BREAK UP BREAK UP BREAK UP! My last true loving moment with my partner was before 09/21⦠everything went downhill after that⦠I never felt so genuine about this š¢š I just want to love him and not obsess about the issues.. actually be relaxed. I know ROCD did this to me⦠I donāt want to break up I donāt but no matter how many times I say I donāt it feels genuine that I do⦠š
That one hug I felt something. I swear I did⦠š¢
I even bought him his favorite doughnuts today⦠š
Awww I know. Itās super hard! For example, yesterday I was sure I wanted to make things work and spend my life with my partner (even though he is still deciding if he can be with me too) and just 5 min ago I had an anxiety episode about whether or not I really want that and how I feel trapped. But itās the ROCD!
@gracek2218 I even bought him a Star Wars figure heās been needing in his collection⦠š¢
@gracek2218 I keep trying to send him break up messagesā¦. I remember I confessed on the NOCD app that I know I didnāt love him⦠thinking it would make me better but it didnāt⦠š¢š
@gracek2218 Did you ever say you knew you didnāt love him over and over again!? Iāve been with this man for 12 years⦠I donāt wanna end it! I constantly feel forced when it was never like that before. I donāt wanna break up if ROCD is to blame. I remember years ago I almost broke up with him due to my anxiety levels being high⦠felt like this but it never felt genuineā¦. š°š
@gracek2218 I just keep saying I wanna break up and I donāt love him bc I feel relief from is and donāt get scared sometimes⦠but I have moments where I really do get scared bc he wonāt be by my side anymore š°š
I know exactly how youāre thinking! I was with my partner for 8 years before I was so anxiety ridden that I left. It gave me some relief, but not the relief I was seeking. I wanted the whole time to be back with him.
@gracek2218 Wait is that the current one now!?
@gracek2218 I canāt make this stop! Itās like I actually am okay with breaking up when I am not! This canāt be the end!! No!! We have fur babies together!! We bought things together! I love buying him things Iā¦. I just want it back⦠this canāt be it for us šššš
@gracek2218 We are pretty much married! I refuse to believe my relationship is gonna die!! I wonāt let it! I wonāt let it die!!
Yes, that is my current partner. We are in the process of trying to reunite. He is having some trust issues with me which are understandable. But we had a home together, all of our stuff, we still share a bank account and insurance. We were practically married as well! Youāre definitely not alone in this. Keep fighting ā¤ļø
@gracek2218 Does your anxiety get bad with light or weather change? I realize mine gets worse if thereās a lot of light in my room. So I sit in darkness
I want my feelings back š
Oh no! I canāt open the link
@gracek2218 It was my newest post⦠I think you could still easily find it
@gracek2218 I am just scared of a lot of things⦠Since living with my family the romantic part of our life went down due to no privacy. So that doesnāt help.. I am sorry if I am adding to your stress⦠I am just depressed big time⦠Just stuck badly right now⦠I couldnāt even talk to my best friend bc her relationship is a trigger of mine⦠so I have been avoiding her. š¢ It doesnāt help with the lack of romance due to my family never leaving the house⦠I just want alone time with my partner without screaming kids and mothers in the background⦠it has made me so depressed⦠before we lived her we lived with my best friend/husband since both are our best friends. It was wonderful and we had so much quiet/alone time. We could be more romantic there too. They left the house a lot. Lol My partner has issues going out in public places bc he has social anxiety. He went on a date with me awhile ago since I told him I wanna spark up the relationship more but then my ROCD said during the date youāre not in love with him and I was uncomfortable the whole time⦠we even go for walks but that even made me spiral.. so we havenāt done much since bc I am too afraid too try again⦠š¢ I like being home honestly I am a huge indoor person and thankfully he is too but he wants to do more out the house but I have been wanting to stay home. Since I work 40 hours a week. But thankfully I cut my hours down a bit so I donāt stress my brain out.
@gracek2218 I want to know⦠do you and your partner have any real issues besides ROCD!? Both of our mental states are crap.. but money is one of the biggest issues⦠my bad spending habits and my partners very low paying job⦠thoses are the biggest issues we have⦠I wanna go to couples counseling.. I donāt want the relationship to die⦠š¢ there has to be a way to fix thingsā¦.
No worries! Thereās always a way! Maybe you can establish some time everyday thatās your alone time. Whether is 10 min or an hour. And you can use it to just bond.
@gracek2218 There isnāt⦠š we live in a bedroom upstairs⦠we a near my nieces bedroom they are on the other side of the wall⦠then my sisterās room is across the hall⦠I wanna cry⦠the break up urge is so very strong.. š I canāt take it! What happens if thereās no voices⦠I get some but not as much. Dealing with uncomfortable feelings⦠š° I wish today was a half day at workā¦. Freaking out so badly!! š° I literally listen to instrumental music from video games that are calming⦠like resident evil 7 the theme is called the sad truth⦠itās calming but but my anxiety still peeks.. I am worried I actually wanna leave the relationship⦠but I wanna save it I donāt want it to die šššš
@gracek2218 I donāt wanna end it! š° I donāt know if this is me or not anymoreā¦ š°š¢š
What IFS?
Check out @forloveweheal on instagram - he talks a lot about IFS
@gracek2218 Iām scared bc I think I am attracted to someone else⦠šš I donāt even wanna be with that person!
@7710 ā¤ļø At work! Which is why I wanna quit my job and work somewhere else. I love my partner! I wanna fix things!
It hurts so much to write that. Lately, every time I talk to my boyfriend ā whether itās through text or in person ā I feel this deep irritation, like everything he says or does annoys me. Sometimes, it even feels like disgust, and itās terrifying. I donāt feel love. I donāt feel excitement. I donāt even feel sadness about not feeling anything⦠just numb. I look at him and I donāt feel like I used to. I donāt know what happened to me. I used to be so sure I loved him, and now I feel like a completely different person ā cold, distant, empty. My brain keeps telling me: āYou donāt love him anymore. You never did. Youāre only staying out of habit.ā My mom told me that if I donāt like him anymore, then Iām hurting both him and myself by staying in this. And hearing that broke me. Because thatās exactly what I fear ā that Iām faking everything, and I just donāt want to admit the truth. I feel so lost. And I donāt know how to separate my thoughts from reality anymore. All I know is that I want to feel something again ā anything. Because right now, all I feel is guilt, fear, and confusion. i used to know these thoughts are just thoughts and that if i didnāt have them i would be so happy but now, i cant think aboyr that bc the thoughts feel too real.
My boyfriend just poured his heart out to me. He told me how much pain heās in ā how disconnected he feels from me, how hurt he is that weāre not intimate, that I donāt react to his love, that we donāt feel like a couple anymore. He said things that shouldāve broken my heart⦠but I felt nothing. Nothing. And now Iām terrified. Not just scared ā destroyed by the thought that maybe I really donāt love him, and Iāve just been lying to myself this entire time. I keep thinking: āIf I loved him, wouldnāt I feel something?ā āWhy didnāt I cry? Why didnāt I reach for him? Why didnāt I say āIām sorryā?ā āWhat kind of person listens to someone they care about and feels absolutely nothing?ā I feel like Iāve been fighting this for so long ā like Iāve spent months, maybe even years, battling the same thoughts over and over again: āYou donāt love him.ā āYouāre just used to him.ā āYou want to want him ā but you donāt.ā And what makes it worse is that everyone around me says the same thing: āMaybe youāre forcing it.ā āYou canāt control how you feel.ā āIf youāre this confused, that means something.ā But what no one seems to understand is that Iāve tried so hard. I didnāt want this. I didnāt choose to become cold. I didnāt choose to stop feeling things. I didnāt want to lose my ability to love ā or to connect ā or to just exist next to him without questioning every single breath I take. I feel like Iāve become someone else. Someone who doesnāt react. Someone who doesnāt smile when heās kind. Someone who doesnāt feel warmth when he says āI love you.ā But this isnāt who I was. There was a time when I loved hearing his voice. When I looked forward to seeing him. When I felt. And now⦠nothing. Just this endless cycle of doubt, guilt, numbness, fear, and the horrible thought: āIf it feels this real, maybe it is.ā I donāt know what this is anymore. I feel like Iām hurting him. And I feel like Iām losing myself, too. And the most terrifying part? I donāt feel anything about that either. But if I truly didnāt care ā why does this hurt so much? If anyone else has ever felt like this⦠please, please tell me Iām not alone. I donāt want this to be the truth. I donāt want to lose him. But I also donāt want to keep living like this.
my thoughts are screaming at me telling me that i dont want my relationship anymore and that i realized i lost feelings. i have a beautiful relationship of two years with a beautiful boy that loves me dearly and i deal with this thoughs for a year and a half. Im so scared it feels so real im scared i have changed and my last therapy session made it worse she basically told me i have to realise the thoughts are true and stop lying to myself. And made me think i am so scared and heartbroken bc i put high expectations on myslef to be with my boyfriend for all my life. Maybe i dont want to hurt him??? im always questioning my feelings for him 24/7 for over a year. I wm tierd
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