bipolara.depressiana
- Date posted
- 6y
you.are.enoughyou.are.enough
- Date posted
- 6y
I have ROCD, too. Some of my mental compulsions are: • trying to find the answer to whether we will last forever/whether he is right for me • analyzing his facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, words, text responses, whether he says "I love you" at the end of a phone call in order to check if he really loves me. • ruminating and worrying anout scenarios that might happen in the future • checking how I feel when I'm with him & without him • comparing our relationship to others--both real & fictitious ones
not_perfectnot_perfect
- Date posted
- 6y
Fir me a compulsion is just thinking about something that is bothering me over and over and trying to understand it or figure out what went wrong. I also have Dermatillomania and so I pick when I am stressed.
xMariaxxMariax
- Date posted
- 6y
Ive avoided songs,movies and friends because Ive felt they could trigger me too
sweetpotatosweetpotato
- Date posted
- 6y
I used to have ROCD, with my doting husband, of all people. ??♀️ I would say "I love you," just to hear it back. I would check his phone and laptop. I would question my worth and if he loved me. I would check to see if he was really paying attention to me when I talked.
you.are.enoughyou.are.enough
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes, that can be a compulsion. Often times when we do that thinking over and over thing, we're trying to problem solve. Problem solving isn't effective for OCD.
xMariaxxMariax
- Date posted
- 6y
Creating scenarios to see how Id feel, checking how I feel if Im with him,if he tells me he loves me, if I tell him I love him, when I look at him, going over a thought to try to understand why it came to my mind in the first place, analyzing different events in our relationship to see how I was feeling and so on
jimbojimbo
- Date posted
- 6y
I know your pain-I have sesorimotor OCD,and Derealazation-It sucks
marty249marty249
- Date posted
- 6y
Seems like you have pure o. If it pops in your head so much that it interferes with your life then that is classed as pure o
AlleynaAlleyna
- Date posted
- 6y
I have Pure-O and pick at my skin until it bleeds.
rachieboo102rachieboo102
- Date posted
- 6y
I’m up right now should be having fun at the lake with my girlfriends and I’m in bed and just can’t fucking sleep it just keeps popping in my head that I don’t love my sweet boyfriend and I have convinced myself I’m unhappy and he’s the funnest person in the world. I love his quirky side. So a compulsion can be just thinking about what bothers me? Like over and over? Trying to find guidance in this time so terrified it’s just how I feel and I don’t wanna believe that
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Anonymous1990
- Date posted
- 25w
Pure O
I haven’t started ERP yet. But just curious from others who have, How do you sit with compulsions when they’re mental compulsions? Or just “let them pass”? It seems it’s going to be impossible since none of my compulsions are physical/tangible 😓
Canes12345!
- Date posted
- 22w
My life with ocd
I’m a good man and I know that. My OCD revolves around relationships. While dating someone a truly enjoy, I find myself needing to compulse everything on my mind or else I feel like I’m being a liar or keeping secrets. I also am pretty confident I suffer from false memory ocd. I don’t like to put a label on things but I’m 99.9% sure I do. My compulsions a lot of times come from things I’m not even sure are real. The more thought I put into them, the more I start to believe they are real. One of the worst compulsions I had in my relationship was I had a thought “what if I find my ex more attractive” and “what if I thought the sex with them was better”. I ended up compulsing these things to my gf. After lots of time to think and get a ahold of myself I was able to remind myself that these things weren’t true and I was just in a downward spiral. There was a 2-3 month period where every time I was relieved of something then I would instantly think of something else. These compulsions have caused insecurity in my gf and I feel like a terrible person. Never meant to hurt her at all and was just trying to find a sense of relief. While I know it is not true, I can’t fix things with words and I feel terrible. I would love to hear from people with tricks and strategies that can help. I love my gf and want to fix things and understand this is not a relationship fixer app but I would like to know what are some ways you are able to deal with these kind of things.
MM311
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 20w
relationship ocd?
for me it’s getting to the point where i don’t feel in love with my boyfriend anymore. i’m trying to keep myself from compulsing since my compulsions are all mental. it’s like the thoughts consume my mind every second of every day and i can’t catch a break. it’s like i want to be with him so bad but my brain won’t allow me. any advice?
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