- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y
Relationship OCD?
my boyfriend and i have been dating for a little over a year now. we were friends for a while before we started dating and he always wanted to date me, but i kept saying no because there were certain things about him that i didn’t necessarily want in a partner (ex: he isn’t a strong christian, i am, he smoked weed occasionally and drank a lot, i don’t, etc). as the months went on i realized how strong my feelings for him actually were, and he stopped smoking and started going to church more. another thing to mention (and i know it’s stupid) is that he’s shorter than me, which was a huge turnoff for me at the beginning, but i got over it. we still do have a lot of bumps in the road, but we work through them. but recently, my OCD has latched on to my relationship and i’m having so many doubts. do i actually love him? am i settling? do i find him attractive? is he ugly? do other people think it’s weird that i’m dating him bc he’s shorter than me? do i actually like him for him? does he make me the best version of myself? etc. and while some of these thoughts are valid things to be thinking about, i feel in a way they are almost coming out of nowhere and it’s making my anxiety SO bad and makes me feel anxious when we’re together and like even when i say things like “i love you” my brain starts freaking out and makes me feel guilty. does this sound like ROCD or just not the right relationship for me? this is my first relationship, so i have no idea if this is how i should be feeling and i’m so anxious about it all