Anonymous06
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- 2y
MayteMayte
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- 2y
I have something similar. It really is exhausting..
Anonymous06Anonymous06
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@Mayte It really is. Sending good vibes your way 💗
taantaan
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It is the worst feeling. How are you coping?
Anonymous06Anonymous06
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@nat19 Honestly not well. I’m trying to cope by staying busy and keeping up w my medication. Smoking has been helping as well for me. Hbu?
taantaan
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@Anonymous06 i’ve been trying to avoid my coworker as much possible because i have such uncomfortable feelings when he’s near or talks to me. i try to listen to music and take nice baths. smoking doesn’t help much.
PinkLotusPinkLotus
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- 2y
In the same boat with you, stay strong
Anonymous06Anonymous06
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@PinkLotus Sending love your way 💗 it’s almost making me feel numb to my significant other. Hard to deal with
lilbilllilbill
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- 2y
same here. i think the obsession with my coworker is what triggered my ocd but i wouldn’t even consider myself obsessed or attached. very difficult to deal with
Anonymous06Anonymous06
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@lilliiii What do you consider the fixation you have on then then? Sending love!
lilbilllilbill
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@Anonymous06 im not sure because i want to say it’s a false crush. given my circumstances, i think my brain fixated on them during a big transition in my life (moving in with my partner). and i distinctly remember a little bit before this “false crush” i thought to myself “wow you’ve done a good job not having a crush on anyone.” knowing myself, i form silly crush’s very easily. maybe i jinxed myself, not sure. it definitely has caused me great amounts of anxiety though. i don’t have any attraction to this coworker, we don’t have anything in common really. i just think it could be some sort of admiration that my brain mistakes for infatuation
taantaan
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@lilliiii i feel this so much, oh god. i am so sorry you’re going through this. i know how difficult and uncomfortable those feelings are.
lilbilllilbill
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@nat19 it definitely does suck but over time it goes away. one of my biggest fears throughout my relationship was falling in love with someone else and i had never realized that was something ocd does. i know now that i’m not my thoughts or feelings and this will all pass but it just sucks that this has triggered such a flare up in my relationship during such an important time of olly life
MayteMayte
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@lilliiii I’m sorry to interrupt but I’m currently going through the same thing is there anything that you did to let the thoughts go or not bother you anymore?
lilbilllilbill
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@Mayte they definitely still bother me. funny enough, the anxiety i felt when i would be around my coworker, or talk to her, or even knowing she was at work would let me know that i did in fact not like her nor have any interest in her. i at first would avoid her but i started talking to her more and told myself that it’s okay, there’s nothing i want from her, i don’t have a romantic interest in her, i’m in a relationship that is far more suitable for me and i just kinda have learned to live with it. i trust in myself that these thoughts will go away with time as i have had similar thoughts about a best friend of mine while in my current relationship. my brain just likes to torture me i guess😂
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