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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
It sounds like it’s sending you spiralling. I often seek outside reassurance and my partner is right for me, and it seems like you might be doing that with your mother. Except she isn’t giving you that reassurance, she’s feeding into the ocd by questioning your relationship and so you’re sent back into an ocd loop over and over again. I know how difficult it can be to accept that you cannot confirm whether he’s right for you, but it’s what helps. And it’s okay. It’s okay to not know whether he’s right for you. It’s okay to doubt your relationship and it’s okay to have these intrusive thoughts.
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- 5y ago
She doesn’t understand the situation. People who offer advice on things regarding OCD, though they try to help only end up making things worse.
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- 5y ago
Yeah, I noticed that when she said that to me I started to analyze whether my boyfriend did or said anything bad in front of them that could make her believe he is doing something to me or not. I tried to not talk to her about this bc of the same thing you are mentioning, she doesnt really understand. I know she probably believes I dont love him and Im having a hard time accepting it. Another thing is that Ive noticed I usually want like people's approval of my decisions and I know it is SO WRONG but when she says those things I believe she doesnt think we should be together and that affects me
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- 5y ago
when she said what a problem he is becoming she was refering to my boyfriend
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my therapist suggested that some of my less bad rocd intrusive thoughts are actually mine, and not intrusive. She ended up taking it back when she saw the alarm on my face and saw how panicked I got. I feel really freaking anxious. We were only talking about it because I mentioned a lot of doubt surrounding those less bad ones, but it only filled me with more doubt. I don’t want those thoughts to be mine. I really don’t. I feel scared and so discouraged after this session. I feel scared about the worst thoughts, what if those aren’t intrusive. I feel so much doubt.
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- 21w ago
I don't even know if I should put this here, but I have the greatest girlfriend in the whole world, and I love her very much, but my thoughts keep saying I'm going to hurt her, so I can hurt God and idk what to do, I feel so disgusted and idk what to do, and the worst part is why does some part of me just not even care idk what to do anymore, it's almost like I'm turning into this horrible person and idk what to do, I'm really not sure what to do. I have really been able to be happy I just feel like I don't deserve it and I want to care about people and God and I want to be a good person, but a part of me shuts off my caring nature and idk what to do, I'm really freaking out because it's like IDC and idk what to do I just feel so nasty and scared because why don't I feel like I care. Why does it feel like it's something I wanna do idk, what to do I'm really freaking worried. Also I don't want OCD but a part of me says I need it or I like these thoughts and idk what to do, as im writing this i just feel like laughing and idk what to do, i really judt want jesus to hug me and say everything will be alright, i am such a monster....
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- 21w ago
I’m having a very bad evening with my intrusive thoughts. I was doing really good dealing with them but tonight one hit me hard. I’ve been having a lot of different intrusive thoughts but I’ll have one occasionally about hurting my mom or my dog who I love and they’re the only family I have in my life. They’re my world. I was helping my mom put away the dishes and I had the big kitchen knife in my hand and my intrusive thought was you could stab your mom. And then my brain said I had a twitch in my hand and that meant I wanted to do it. Let me just say that I wouldn’t hurt a fly. I actually caught a fly in a glass and put it outside instead of killing it this evening before this intrusive thought happened. I’m such a gentle and compassionate and caring person and these thoughts instantly cause me to have a panic attack. And I have no one to talk to them about. I know they’re hard for my mom to hear and I don’t want to be any more of a burden than I already am. I do desperately want to tell her and have her reassure me that I’m not crazy or a psycho. Then my thoughts wander to if your hand did flinch could you be a psychopath. Is hurting someone in you. I know it’s not but I feel like my mind is out to get me and hurt me. I’m working so hard and I thought I was doing so good but I need to know why I have these thoughts. They’re not ok. I need someone to help me make sense of why. I know we aren’t supposed to ruminate but I shouldn’t have thoughts like this about people I love and care about the most in the world.
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