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Someone said something that really made me think on here early today which was that your fears only have as much power as your belief that you have an inability to cope with the consequences
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The best thing to do would probably be to ask him!
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If you believe you wouldn’t be able to cope with him leaving you, then it has the most power. If you believe it would be a horrible valley of your life but then you would develop a new life and be happy again, the thought has less power
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- 6y ago
It was probably some bot that harvests info and sends out mass texts. Does your husband know about your OCD? I can see where it would be hard not to take it personally. Is there a person you can ask to check and see if your fears are reasonable before you try to confront him? I know that most of OCD does not respond to logic, but sometimes you can talk yourself out of worst case scenarios. Ask yourself, does any possible other explanation exist as to why this could be happening? Is there any evidence for or against this I could be ignoring?
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Thanks for that. What a true statement. It’s sad that I can’t see that when I’m in the middle of an attack. I’m so glad I have people to turn to. In researching this app, it turns out that it’s becoming a viral thing and something that is spamming people. It’s on the news. So basically I’ve been worrying for no reason. And I feel like a turd.
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Glad you feel better Ashley! It’s great you have your mom and therapist, but just remember to cut yourself some slack too. It’s not so easy to just stop worrying. I feel like it almost upsets me more when people ask ‘why’ as though it’s as easy as flipping off a switch. Just remember to be gentle on yourself. He’s a great guy, but you’re also a great woman, with a side of OCD ;)
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He’s really angry with me since I confronted him to ask him what this was. He’s in real estate, and his number is on the internet, so his point is that he has no clue who all has saved his number but that he isn’t giving it out to anyone like that.
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I did. He was pretty upset that I think that. He said he has no idea what it is or who would do that.
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This has unfortunately been an ongoing thing with he and I. Where something weird happens and I go off the deep end every time. Some person in our church sent a friend request over the Bible app. It was a teenage girl. He had never seen her before in his life. He gets tons of spam all the time and I read into it and get worked up. He’s just over it and tired of being under the microscope all the time
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I can talk to my mom and my therapist. Both of which have never said anything is there. It’s always “why are you doing this to yourself and your husband”. He really is a wonderful person. I would be shocked if any of this were happening. But the what if’s are so strong and I’m so scared
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Hey everyone so I am having a really terrible bout of anxiety due to an exam I have tomorrow. It has sent me spiraling. And unfortunately my ROCD/anxiety has gotten ridiculously triggered. So I had a birthday party this past weekend. I got all dressed up and put on some cute makeup. It was a lot of fun. I then posted some pics from the party, some of them included him. They were cute! I had never posted him in anything in my feed. So I was a little nervy. I was hoping he would comment something on the post or repost or something, but he just dropped a like. I feel like he usually comments on posts that he is tagged in, so for some reason this really hurt me that he didn’t comment or interact more with it. Like he doesn’t like I posted it? Or is he ashamed of me? I don’t want to be shallow, but some validation on social media would be nice? Or maybe him just posting me would feel nice. I want to talk to him about this, but I am so terrified that this will make me seem so shallow and a fein for public validation. I’m worried he thinks this of me, as I have posted on social media. I’m worried this makes him like me less. Someone please provide some expertise on how it would be best to handle these circumstances, as silly and minescule as they may seem. I’ve read a lot online (I know it’s not good) about how to handle relationships online. I know it’s more important obviously how the relationship appears offline. But I’ve been pretty obsessive about this and have a hard time letting it go. Part of me wished I never posted anything. All of this anxiety could have been avoided.
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i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.
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- 10w ago
I often feel like i did something wrong even tho i am positive i didn’t, my boyfriend and i have been together for like 6 months and i’ve been completely loyal to him the whole time but recently i’ve been feeling the need to confess that i cheated on him even tho i didn’t and there’s absolutely no proof that i did something even close, i don’t talk to other men and if i do my boyfriend has full access to my phone and it’s usually a friend or me asking a simple question but i still feel the need to confess even tho i’ve done nothing wrong🥲 someone please help it’s so confusing
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