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- 2y
weird reverse ROCD
i see a lot of the discussion around ROCD being about intrusive thoughts about being attracted to others, and being afraid that you are i loyal to your partner. I definitely feel that brunt of it but way more i feel the opposite end of it, I have horrible vivid images of my boyfriend just happening to see an attractive girl and in his mind even for a second, being attracted to her. it hurts so bad and i don’t get how people are able to exist in relationships knowing their partners find others attractive. and then i feel just such a huge amount of guilt for being so insecure. there’s also thoughts about past e experiences with him that come up as a way of trying to defend or validate my anxieties despite him being a great match for me overall. over the summer i accidentally stumbled upon a girls photo in a bikini who goes to our school and his name was under it saying he liked it. i seriously cannot even describe the nausea and utter disgust and disappointment i felt and still continue to feel from it. i have cried about it to him several times looking for an answer why and he can’t give it to me. it’s just debilitating. i’ll be doing anything and a vivid image and flashback to seeing it overcomes me or a vivid image of seeing him look at a hypothetical attractive girl in my mind comes up and i just want to break it off just to get rid of that hurt. i could go on about this because it hurts so so so bad to think about again and again. and i can’t bring it up to him anymore. i feel utterly alone.