- Username
- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
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Do you have many people to talk to about your OCD? I wish my husband was more understanding about it. Does anyone else feel like they can't talk to their spouse about it?
- Username
- Erin PErin P
- Date posted
- 1y ago
My husband is so done with my OCD. He just wants to know that I’m in treatment but no details. If you have a therapist they can do a family session with your husband so he can get an understanding of your OCD and his role in supporting but not reassuring you.
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- NicaNica
- Date posted
- 1y ago
My therapist and fiancé mostly, and also my mom but not too much because she lives far away.
- Username
- OCDMMOCDMM
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I only share about 30% of my OCD with my husband and he is so annoyed by that much. And although he thinks I’m nuts, he also doesn’t think my meds or therapy are helpful so he’s not super supportive of that, either. I can tell you both help a ton but I will likely never be cured so in his mind it’s a waste. I’m sorry your husband isn’t supportive, mine isn’t, either. On the plus side, I don’t have to worry about him providing reassurance…
- Username
- AnoymousAnoymous
- Date posted
- 1y ago
0 and I prefer it that way. It’s too much to have to deal with peoples reaction to it / inability to understand yet not make it worse, one’s expectation of support etc etc.
- Username
- Valerie123Valerie123
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I can relate because I've had the same issue with my husband. My contamination OCD has been hard on him and he has gotten angry with me a lot. He thinks I should be able to just stop. Things have gotten better since he has gotten more of an understanding of what OCD us. Maybe you can try sharing some articles from NOCD or elsewhere with your husband. Like Erin suggested, a therapist can also help him get a better understanding. I know how hard it is to feel like you don't have support and understanding from your spouse. I hope that gets better. This is a great place for sharing what you're going through with other people who get it, and there are also forums on Reddit.
- Username
- FactsOverFearFactsOverFear
- Date posted
- 1y ago
I feel like a lot of people don't understand me. They'll say things like, "You're being dramatic," "Just stop and calm down," "Your OCD is so exhausting for other people." It makes me super sad. I would say to join a support group on here. There are tons!
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- Staff
- Date posted
- 6y ago
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- JennyJ
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Hello dear friends. I hadn't been on this app for a while, I've been getting by. Today I just need to vent and to feel validated and understood. I have OCD, I consider myself in permanent recovery. It is an everyday job. I am ina relationship with a wonderful guy. I deeply love and care about him, but he doesn't understand anything about OCD. I've explained it to him a million times. I've directed him to online resources. I've talked him through what to do to help me get out of a loop without giving me reassurance. And yet, he never knows what to say or do when an episode appears. It is tiring to pull myself out of the loop and then having yo explain to him what just happened to me, over and over again. I think, in general, he lacks empathy for other people's feelings, but, when it comes to me, I can see that he tries but achieves nothing. I think I don't have ROCD, I have diverse thoughts. But the last few weeks this thought got into my mind: what if he has met someone else and they are texting each other and flirting and he's gonna leave me? (He left his girl to start a new relationship with me). And he are apart due to the covid-19 epidemic, so we didn't see each other almost at all during last year. Of course, I had been able to keep this particular thought to myself, buy yesterday, it just came out of my mind after him not picking up the phone. He was in shock. He reacted defensively (which I completely understand), replied that he had nothing to explain to me as to why he couldn't answer the phone when I called him and that we was surprised that I asked him such a thing (if the reason why he didn't answer me was that he was talking to someone else). I knew it was just an OCD thought of mine, but I just couldn't keep it to myself any longer. Of course, I apologized to him and had to explain it had been an OCD thought. He was supporting and understanding and told me everything was ok and to forget about it. This morning I feel sad that he couldn't recognize this for what it was despite all the explaining I have done. I have dealt with my ocd on my own, despite being in a relationship. I just needed to vent and would like to read your thoughts about this whole thing. Thank you in advance for reading and replying.
- Username
- kmorigz
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Does anyone have any advice for sharing their obsessions with their significant other? I struggle with relationship and sexuality OCD. My boyfriend knows I have OCD, but we have never discussed it in detail. I think he is trying to respect my boundaries and I am terrified he won’t understand my obsessions and/or will take them personally. As a result I feel like I am hiding this horrible secret, and it is causing me so much anxiety. I want to talk to him about it, but I don’t know how to bring it up in a way that won’t hurt him.
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