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- 2y
I feel so crazy right now please help
I have had really bad harm / rocd since 2017 but it obsessed over SA/rape and what if my boyfriend could did this to me… it all started after I read an article about a girls boyfriend raping her and it gave me intense anxiety even tho my boyfriend did NOT do this. It started changing around all my memories,would make me go back and look in the past for “proof” and then it would give me false memories on real events that I would obsess over. I also would read tons of articles about rape and sexual assault and literally couldn’t stop. When I went to bars I would be convinced someone would sa me and I would get false memories of something happening while I was drunk. My memory I am obsessing about really bad is this: this was when my obsessions were at an all time high. I did not tell my boyfriend about this bc at the time I had not been diagnosed with ocd yet and I had no idea that I had it. (Looking bad it was OBVIOUS I had ocd lol I have experienced so many other themes and always thought it was “normal”) anyways me and my boyfriend were in bed and I literally don’t even remember this memory bc it was so long ago. He asked me if I would like to have sex and I said maybe later. I didn’t mind having sex but my ocd starting coming in. Later on he asked if we could just put it in and lay there (sometimes we would do this while cuddling and go to sleep) and I said yes! This was not coerced, he wasn’t being pushy nothing like that! Anyways we were just laying there (he did NOT start randomly having sex w me or anything) and I said “are we gonna have sex” and he started moving and initiating it bc he was already inside after I said that. He didn’t respond tho he just said “mmm” then I started getting intrusive thoughts “why didn’t he respond, are u allowed to do this, is this rape, is this ok bc u said later are u allowed to have sex” these thoughts were annoying so I turned towards him (we were on the side) and stopped and said I’m confused are we having sex yes or no? And he said yea it feels good? And I said ok and then we continued to have sex. Well my ocd won’t let this go. It is telling me somehow this is bad bc there wasn’t a clear yes or no even tho I could have stopped this at any time and I did when my ocd was demanding I get an answer. It’s changing around all of it and it’s telling me that he started having sex with me first (which he didn’t! The only reason he started was bc I asked if we’re having sex!) then it’s telling me oh u had a freeze response and ur traumatized. It’s making this whole thing so bad in my brain and it literally won’t stop and I feel like I’m going to have a mental breakdown. Oh yes and then it’s telling me I have PTSD and I’m traumatized for life and I have to break up with my boyfriend. My obsession has gotten so bad I posted on Reddit a ton and I went to all these feminism reddits bc my ocd was making me “prove” that it wasn’t bad. Well everyone said the same thing- this isn’t rape this is ur ocd. But that’s not enough. It’s telling me that I know the truth and I am in denial. It’s so bad I think I’m about to have a mental breakdown someone please help me. Also to mention I am on lexapro/ see a therapist but we haven’t done erp and I keep asking him to. I have also been with my boyfriend for 8 years and I have talked to him about this as well.