- Date posted
- 2y
Venting about my spiraling
Hello everyone, I'd like to start off by saying that I haven't been diagnosed with anything. But I have been having obsessive thoughts about my relationship for a long time and looking for stuff about ROCD has sometimes helped me, so I'm here now, I hope that's alright... I'm stuck in this overthinking cycle again and I feel like I need to write it out. Me and my person met through a dating app and have only known each other for 3 months. We haven't met in real life yet. Now that I write that, it already sounds ridiculous. I've also never been in a romantic relationship before. I think I do have a history of overthinking my relationships overall, though. Long before I met her, I thought "One day, I'm going to meet someone perfect. And then I'm going to ruin everything, stop liking them and hurt them, because that's what I do." When we first talked, I had a good feeling about the connection, everything went smoothly and I was genuinely interested in her. We continued talking for 2 weeks and I started catching feelings for her. Talking to her seemed right, I could be myself and I had this urge to be with her in every way and get to know her more. We laughed a lot and being vulnerable with her was always a deep experience, I simply felt connected to her and like we understood each other, which I don't get often with new people. I felt the same way, even more intensely, when we spoke on the phone for the first few times. I really valued our connection and couldn't believe how good it was, we also found each other physically attractive. At first I was careful because everything was new to me, but I thought I was falling in love. I found out that she had the same feelings. Everything was like in a dream, I liked her looks, her jokes, her way of reacting to things, her voice etc. and she liked all those things about me too. But then I started having thoughts like... What if she doesn't like me when we meet? What if she finds me too unattractive/mean? What if I'm not good enough for her? What if what we have is just an illusion, because we've never met? This is too good to be true. When I had these thoughts, I still had the feeling that I really like her. I was never so sure about anyone. However, the thoughts then turned to... What if I stop liking her? What if we actually don't understand each other that well? Have I even EVER liked her? Oh no, our humour is actually different. Oh no, we've got different interests and I find hers weird. (Even though I probably wouldn't if it were interests of my friends or so.) Oh no, even though we agree on a lot of stuff, she's got different ways of thinking. We look good on paper but I don't feel a connection anymore. Our connection isn't that great. Is this what I've been looking for? We should break up. I don't feel happy around her anymore. Am I forcing things? Is she really that attractive to me? Is she smart enough? Is she not too cringey? Is she not "too much"? Why do I like all of the things she is when I write them down, but I don't actually like them obout her specifically? I stopped feeling like my authentic self with her, I stopped feeling the feelings I had for her and I stopped being genuinely interested. I didn't know why, she hasn't changed, she's still the person I fell for. Is it just self-sabotage? Or did I just find out more about her and lose interest because we are, in fact, not compatible? I started feeling constantly guilty and horrible. Once or twice I shared my thoughts with her. Once, she really reassured me and the thoughts went away, but only for two days. I don't share them with her anymore, because I don't want to stress her out or hurt her. She's continued being extremely loving to me. And I'm being loving towards her, I'm only trying to say things when I mean them, but I just don't always feel in love, or like I even care. And when I do feel like that, I instantly worry that I'm just forcing things. She's basically perfect, she's got so many green flags and treats me so well. She's everything I've ever wanted, but I don't feel anything and that breaks my heart. There are times when I get better, when I relax and I can see a bit of clarity and hope. Like when we have the same thought, share a laugh or when she smiles at me and I shortly feel so happy inside, before my worries arrive and ruin the moment. My brain analyzes every single thought and feeling. It's like I'm trying to catch myself not feeling like I should. All these sentences like "if it was meant to be, it wouldn't be that hard" or "if you know, you know" really stress me out. These worries have been interfering with my life, there are almost constant. I feel alright -> I analyze and have a thought -> I start overthinking -> I feel horrible, have thoughts about her that make me guilty, I think we should break up -> I look for reassurance (googling, texting friends, listing reasons why she's a good match) -> I get reassurance and feel alright again. And maybe I'm alright for two whole days - but then we talk on the phone, and it's nice, but I don't feel anything more, I don't feel like I "should", especially since we should still be in the honeymoon phase, I don't feel lust or love - so I start to think why, and it snowballs and the cycle starts again. I can't tell what caused me to feel the way that I feel. I don't know if I could have ROCD or if I'm just looking for excuses because in reality I just don't care about her and I can't bare the image of hurting someone who likes me so much and has a pure heart. I wish I could feel normal and just be happy with her... Whether or not I have ROCD, I know that I shouldn't look for reassurance here... At least I got it off my chest for now...