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- 2y ago
OCD makes me seem like an asshole
Sometimes I deliberately ignore or avoid something to satisfy my OCD but it makes me seem like an inconsiderate guy to others. It’s frustrating.
Sometimes I deliberately ignore or avoid something to satisfy my OCD but it makes me seem like an inconsiderate guy to others. It’s frustrating.
I isolate and rush through chores and ignore people too. It’s a compulsion I guess but I can’t stand my inner voice taunting me. This is a nightmare.
That's good awareness. What could you do to not avoid or ignore as much? Might be cool to test out responding when you're afraid.
Feel guilty for not giving into compulsions like rumination and confessing? I feel guilt for having an intrusive thought, trying to shrug it off or just giving it a few seconds of thought and moving along. This sounds like improvement but I still struggle with the anxiety and the guilt. The shame. I’ll be okay and then I’ll remember I have OCD and my stomach will drop and I just want to curl up and cry.
Last night I was staying at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t sleep. I felt like i desperately needed to go back to my parents and clean and organize my room. This has happened a few times before when I was staying at his place. Since then he’s been very upset with me. Does anyone else’s partner do this? Any advice? It’s been hard. He’s made me feel so shameful for having OCD. As if it’s not tough enough /:
Has anyone experienced their reputation affected or misunderstood because of a societally taboo OCD theme? Others catching wind of your obsessions and misinterpreting it, assuming the worst? I’m intentionally keeping it vague because I don’t want my specific situation to get reassured, but it’s been a real tough pill to swallow knowing that people close to me (and anyone else they might talk to) think of me differently. I’m unwilling to share about my OCD because I feel pretty confident it will be taken as an excuse or denial, and feels compulsive and reassurance seeking. Let me know if anyone here has experienced anything like it, how they handled it, exposures you did.
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