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@phoenix2020 I only ask Bc I do get doubts about my current bf but Ik I love him I just have ocd
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Tell yourself it didn't work out with ex's because it wasn't meant to be. Everything happens for a reason what is meant to be will be. How I look at my last relationships and my ex's is that they taught me lessons. Not sure if this helps.
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- 5y ago
I’d tell my brain, “you’re right, i could have stuck around longer and continued in those relationships. But I didn’t. And I’m here now and have a boyfriend I love. So I accept that I’ll never know what might have happened had I stayed.” And accept the uncertainty.
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You can either think and say everything happens for a reason and one thing leads to another until you reach the next destination...Or you can laugh at it and say as Barney says in HIMUM “New is always better” :)
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I’m just scared Bc now it’s like “if he came back tmrw would u go for him” and I’m scared and worried and ugh
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First of all nothing to be scared of...Secondly try to differentiate between an obsession/trigger and a fact about your feelings...if you re just feeling bad that you see yourself with your EX if he decides to come back while you re with your new BF then use exposure/imagination and bring up the level of panic by seeing it as if it already happens...BUT if you re having doubts about your current relation and thats the trigger for your thoughts then its a different story
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Wdym it’s a different story? I don’t want to love my ex and I hate having these thoughts
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Then my dear its just another ocd trick that you dont have to worry about...try To do the exercise...this thought comes because of a certain trigger...use the exposure technic and with time it goes away...nothing to be scared of or worried about
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But what did u mean by current relation and having doubts?
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When in doubt, always treat it as OCD.
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@aholcomb17...i am so sorry if you felt that i was questioning your doubts...i didnt mean that...i know that you love your bf...we all that have the honor of fighting the Ocd battle get to go this dark tunnel and sometimes cant see the light and then doubts start attacking us from everywhere...just close your eyes and search for the light at the end of the tunnel and by seeing it through yourself you can rest assured that no doubt can change the fact of who you are and what you feel...your love is so genuine that you sometimes make yourself feel these doubts just to make sure that you re giving everything you have...dont judge yourself because of OCD...thats the main fuel it lives on...
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- 16w ago
I’ve had so many moments of clarity with my OCD that I love my boyfriend and I’m beyond willing to go through this to be better and be with him. in the back of mind I’ve in a way known I was at least somewhat sexually attracted to women (I’m a woman) since the start of the ocd it was always like “okay. Fine, but I don’t want to date a girl” I only just realized this after the ocd started, I never really argued with this. my ocd has always revolved around if I’m romantically interested in women and not men. I’ve done so many compulsions through this year and a half and 9 times out of 10 have come to the conclusion that I don’t want to be with a woman romantically. I always end up feeling like I know I love my boyfriend. But the doubts don’t stop about whether I want to spend my life with a woman instead, my heart literally breaks to think of not being with my bf and imagining him with someone else. I don’t want to be with a woman I know deep down somewhere underneath the anxiety that that’s not what I want. It doesn’t feel natural for me, unfulfilling. I want to tell my boyfriend about the possible sexual attraction to women (ik it’s still ocd related) but I’m scared that once I tell him, I’ll realize that I actually do want to be with women and not with him. Ugh I’ve spent hours today ruminating about this after being solid in my commitment with him for a little while, I’m stuck in this loop and idk how to get out right now
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- 6w ago
So i had really bad pure ocd but recently it’s been sooo much better but i’m in a relationship and me and my bf dated before about 2 years ago then we broke up and now we are back together but i’m having an issue where i will try to go back years and find something i did wrong and i really do not want to find anything to feel wrong about or guilty specifically something i may have done wrong to my boyfriend but the thing is i’m a good girlfriend and i’m very loyal so i don’t want to ruin something for me because of my past if that makes sense like i can’t remember doing anything wrong but my brain keeps going are u sure let’s look at all your interactions with people and it’s so annoying i just wanna live my life in the present does anyone have any tips
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- 6w ago
Hey guys! My boyfriend has said recently that he doesn't know if he's strong enough to continue with our relationship because of my OCD. He wants to see me overcome my symptoms and learn to live a healthy life with OCD, but my anxieties and obsessions are starting to really affect his life. I understand his reasoning, it's hard to see someone you care about struggle with OCD, especially when it starts to affect you too. I'm asking for tips to deal with my compulsions in the relationship. I HAVE to know the answer to things and sometimes that leads into arguments because even with apologies and discussions I can't let things go, even if they genuinely don't matter or are miniscule issues we have. It's a healthy relationship otherwise but I feel horrible because it's impacting him so negatively, that's the absolute last thing I want to happen. I care for him deeply and he cares for me too, so I don't want my OCD to be a reason we break up but I fear it's headed in that direction. I'm starting therapy soon, but until then what are some things I can do to stop my ROCD from impacting him? I know sitting in the guilt and anxiety of not completing my obsessions will help, but I'm wondering if there are other things I can do to maybe remedy some of the damage already done.
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