I have ROCD. I'm dealing with a lot right now and I can't stop thinking about whether or not my relationship is going to work out or not. I don't sleep well because I ruminate. I wake up way too early and start ruminating over the fact I'm ruminating so much and then I definitely can't get back to sleep. Anyone else deal with this? What helps?
Ooof that's so hard. You're beating yourself up for having OCD, instead of beating up OCD! OCD will make you doubt all the things. I wonder what would happen if you lived towards your values today, despite being anxious and uncertain? How would empowered you show up for yourself today?
@NoRocd1991 May have some words of support :)
@NOCD Therapist - Alessandra R. Thank you! The good news is that I generally do live according to my values. The downside is that my brain still spins and my anxiety skyrockets even while I'm doing the right things. Result: little sleep or appetite.
I’ve just recently found out that Relationship OCD is a thing. I feel like I relate but it also feels like relationship trauma. I’m in a fairly new relationship and I keep telling myself that things are going great, we are good, he cares for me, but does he? There’s this unbelievable amount of self doubt that sits in me because of what my ex did to me many months ago. I kept getting told that I do too much, i smother, need constant reassurance, then got told that I don’t care enough, the things I do aren’t enough and that I’m not enough. I feel like I am waiting for the day that I get broken up with because of these “problems” just so I can be proven right at the fact that I should be considered unlovable. I go through this every month around my period because I get so emotional and nervous that I stress over the idea that he doesn’t like me. How does someone continue a relationship with Relationship OCD? How do I explain it?
I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?
My psychologist tells me because my thoughts are based off of facts/ broken boundaries which is why I am having thoughts of am i in love , am I settling , and feeling guilty I should let him go to find someone who wouldn’t doubt him that I do not have rocd. She states rocd is intrusive , irrational thoughts not based off of real facts and I may have ptsd not ocd. He kissed someone else before we were official and he finds a certain type of female attractive that I find disgusting . So I spin about these issues all day long to the point I’m so unhappy with him and had to break up . It’s been over a month now but I’m still severely anxious and depressed The thing is I can’t stop thinking about this 24/7 with severe anxiety and depression and nothing is helping me . Can someone please tell me their thoughts
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