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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 yearsā¦ 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 issuesā¦ 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 himā¦ 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 freedomā¦ I believe I am in denialā¦. I believe I donāt love him that I am just with him to avoid breaking his heartā¦. Iā¦Iā¦ have to break up!! š¢š I felt something when I gave him a hug yesterdayā¦ our living situation with my family is toxicā¦ š° I try to tell myself things wonāt change if we broke upā¦. š¢ my brain things I can have freedom if I broke upā¦ 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 himā¦ no reliefā¦ 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 Thisā¦ isnāt realā¦ this has to be ROCD!! š°š°š¢
@gracek2218 I keep testing myself by trying to send him a break up messageā¦ to see if I would send itā¦ I donāt thankfullyā¦ Itās not gettingā¦ betterā¦ 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 itā¦ this doesnāt feel like ROCD at all that I am in denialā¦ š° I just want things back to normal againā¦ I really do! I really donāt wanna break up with my partnerā¦ but Iām stuck thinking I doā¦ š° Iāve been with him for 12 years. I want to save the relationship not see it dieā¦ Knowing I want things back to normal again should be enoughā¦ why isnāt itā¦ š Iāve been suffering with ROCD for 8 yearsā¦ the past 2 going on 3 have been the worst years of my lifeā¦ š¢ I care about my partner more than anyone. I donāt want my feelings to dieā¦ My clarity moments constantly feel like a lie nowā¦ šš I wanna cry! But I canāt.. š I tested myself still to get a reaction and I never get oneā¦ I read on Reddit everyday trying to find the post that could snap me out of itā¦ š°
Thank you.. for answering my questionsā¦ I still didnāt get reliefā¦ I want to love him I know I doā¦ I just look at him and think BREAK UP BREAK UP BREAK UP! My last true loving moment with my partner was before 09/21ā¦ everything went downhill after thatā¦ 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 meā¦ I donāt want to break up I donāt but no matter how many times I say I donāt it feels genuine that I doā¦ š
That one hug I felt something. I swear I didā¦ š¢
I even bought him his favorite doughnuts todayā¦ 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 collectionā¦ 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 himā¦ thinking it would make me better but it didnātā¦ š¢š
@gracek2218 Did you ever say you knew you didnāt love him over and over again!? Iāve been with this man for 12 yearsā¦ 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 highā¦ 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 sometimesā¦ 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 backā¦ 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 postā¦ I think you could still easily find it
@gracek2218 I am just scared of a lot of thingsā¦ 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 stressā¦ I am just depressed big timeā¦ Just stuck badly right nowā¦ I couldnāt even talk to my best friend bc her relationship is a trigger of mineā¦ so I have been avoiding her. š¢ It doesnāt help with the lack of romance due to my family never leaving the houseā¦ I just want alone time with my partner without screaming kids and mothers in the backgroundā¦ it has made me so depressedā¦ 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 timeā¦ we even go for walks but that even made me spiral.. so we havenāt done much since bc I am too afraid too try againā¦ 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 knowā¦ 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 issuesā¦ my bad spending habits and my partners very low paying jobā¦ thoses are the biggest issues we haveā¦ I wanna go to couples counseling.. I donāt want the relationship to dieā¦ 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 isnātā¦ š we live in a bedroom upstairsā¦ we a near my nieces bedroom they are on the other side of the wallā¦ then my sisterās room is across the hallā¦ I wanna cryā¦ the break up urge is so very strong.. š I canāt take it! What happens if thereās no voicesā¦ I get some but not as much. Dealing with uncomfortable feelingsā¦ 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 calmingā¦ like resident evil 7 the theme is called the sad truthā¦ itās calming but but my anxiety still peeks.. I am worried I actually wanna leave the relationshipā¦ 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 elseā¦ 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!
I literally feel like i never liked my boyfriend at all and im faking it and im really in denial. i canāt stop crying idk what to do anymore
I donāt wanna break up! I am up crying all morning. I ruined my own birthday yesterday! I want to love him! I have my period but even before it was sorta like like! I held his hand one day and cried!!! Why would I cry for a man if I didnāt love him!! Why!? I know I wouldāve walked away! Can ROCD truly make you believe you found truth and make you not love your partner!!!?? Can it honestly get this bad!!!!
Oh god someone please help me!! š I need help!! I donāt wanna break up! But itās like I really want to and due to me believing I donāt love him!!! š¢š¢š¢ššš please!! Did anyone recover from thinking they didnāt love their partner of ROCD anxiety and depression!?!? Am I just too afraid too break up is that it!!!!!!!!! My 12 year relationship is gonna die!!! Please!! I donāt wanna break up!!!!
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