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Can somebody please respond to my previous post
I’m sorry to be annoying but I feel like a horrible girlfriend and I really don’t want to break up with my boyfriend but I’m afraid it’s not fair to him
I’m sorry to be annoying but I feel like a horrible girlfriend and I really don’t want to break up with my boyfriend but I’m afraid it’s not fair to him
Omg! It’s like you are reading my mind! I’ve been going through the EXACT same thing. I ended up telling my bf about it, which helped me a little bit, but the thoughts are still there. The fact that we are having the exact same thoughts makes me feel that we are both deep into ROCD. Obviously, I’m not a therapist, but that’s what it sounds like. I’m going to get therapy for this soon, and hopefully I can get some answers as to how to confront this. I hope you get some answers soon, too!
@songbird1 Oh wow that’s crazy I’m glad we can relate! I have told my boyfriend before too that I overthink when he isn’t looking his best and it helps me to not feel like I’m lying to him so much that way although it could probably easily become a compulsion for us. Are you planning on seeing a therapist that specializes in OCD? I’ve had my therapist for years for general talk therapy and he hasn’t been super helpful with ocd-oriented stuff even though I literally have every symptom of rocd
@spookycupcake Same here! I booked a free call for today, so yes!
@songbird1 I’ve thought about doing a free NOCD call but I haven’t yet. Hope it goes well!
@spookycupcake It went well! You should do it!
@songbird1 That’s awesome I think I’ll save it for the next time I’m struggling really badly
I couldn’t find the previous post. Can you copy and paste it here?
@songbird1 I felt so much better, like I was really recovering but then I got another spike again where I was really triggered a week or so ago about one of my friendships and removed him (the friend) from everything and since then I have been getting triggered about past flings and stuff. I also noticed my sex drive went down and the weird part is I feel like I’ve had less attraction and felt less towards my boyfriend since then too but without much anxiety about it :( it’s such an uncomfortable feeling and I think the reason I haven’t had much anxiety about it is because I tell myself it’s okay and normal. But idk if it really is. I often don’t think my boyfriend looks that good whether it’s his face or his body and it makes me so sad I know it would break his heart. It feels like I’m deceiving him because it happens even when I’m not going through an anxiety spike. And because at the beginning of our relationship we had this whole conflict where he felt like I wasn’t sexually attracted to him. His body type wasn’t my “type” so maybe I really wasn’t but I told him it wasn’t true until I finally confessed and said his body wasn’t my type but I grew more attracted to him when I fell in love with him because I saw an article where someone had that happen and I felt like it clicked with me but WHAT IF I JUST SAID IT BECSUSE IT WAS THE EASY ANSWER WHAT IF INWAS NEEVER ATTRACTED TO HIM But then sometimes when I feel like I’m in a mentally healthy state, it doesn’t matter to me when I don’t think he looks good and I’m happy and have butterflies when he looks really cute. But it just feels like it’s way too often that I don’t think he looks good 🙁
Hi, I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been struggling for the past month, it’s been a mix of ocd flare ups and depressive episodes. I recently got into a new relationship, one I was not expecting at all as I had just broken up with my long term boyfriend over the summer and was expecting the cycle of being alone for a few years and then dating again. But anyways, my current boyfriend is amazing and so caring and sweet, I told him before we even started dating about my ocd and how I sometimes need constant reassurance and that it can be a lot to deal with it and that I can become clingy and annoying and he didn’t even bat an eye, he just said he likes me as I am and that he will be able to help and support me. We’re dating long distance rn as I’m finishing up college but we constantly text and video chat/call almost every night. My ocd has been constantly gnawing at that and it’s causing my abandonment issues to flare up horribly, I’ve told him a little bit about my ex boyfriend as he was not a very good person, he was much older than me (12 years) and at the start of our relationship he was amazing and said he could deal with my mental health issues (I know no one is obligated at all) but I would communicate to him that it scares me when he doesn’t talk to me for weeks at a time, and at first he said he would try to be better about that but then it turned into him saying I’m annoying and clingy and that I bother him and that he just wants alone time but during that alone time I wouldn’t hear from him at all for two weeks. He also stopped caring about my interests and said I was annoying when I would talk about them and would even get mad when I tried to talk about my day. Anyways being in this new relationship has caused me to fear that my current boyfriend is going to leave me, lost interest in me or that he’s annoyed with me and hates me, which unfortunately has caused me to give into my compulsion of reassurance so I’ve been asking him a lot “do you still like me?” “We’re still together right?” “Have I annoyed you?” And I hate myself for doing that. He is so sweet and I don’t want to be like this, I don’t want to drain him, i genuinely have never felt this way about anyone I’ve dated but it’s like he was meant to be in my life and we clicked instantly like it felt like we’ve known each other forever and I don’t want to lose him. My avoidance is getting bad and I’m trying to stop myself from pushing him away but I just feel so guilty and ughhhh it’s so frustrating. I just don’t know how to handle this, I want to be with him and I want to make him happy but I hate that my brain works this way.
Nobody is responding to my posts and i’m literally going insane right now i don’t know what to do my ocd keeps telling me i cheated on my boyfriend and got pregnant by someone else but the thing is i never did i’ve never cheated and i’m absolutely positive that my boyfriend is the father of my baby because it’s impossible for anyone else to be and i want to confess so bad but the thing is i didn’t do it and i don’t want to ruin me and my baby’s life over something i didn’t even do it’s so stressful can someone please please help me
:( so I have multiple posts abt this. I hate being alone bc the thoughts get worse and I spiral. I can’t believe he did this I love him a ton. My previous posts have more details, but yea. This feels impossible to get over. Pls can someone talk to me and help me? I have a therapist and friends and family and they’re amazing. But I’m annoying with how much I talk about the same situation over and over again. I’m not supposed to be seeking reassurance and sitting with the thoughts and work with them using erp. I’m trying SO SO hard. I’m just shocked I hate the nighttime when it’s radio silent. :( I feel like a loser
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