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Well I’m not an OCD specialist or relationship therapist but ur relationship sounds very untrusting even without OCD being involved. He should understand why you don’t trust him and he should trust you. In a relationship that’s how it works. My boyfriend is out clubbing tonight and my OCD goes through the roof saying stuff like “what if he cheats on you and can’t remember” or “what if he finds another girl attractive” but I know that is OCD because I do trust him. You can tell the difference from OCD thoughts and just generally not trusting them anyway like I know he wouldn’t do anything and he loves me very much and understands my OCD thoughts and supports me. But I can’t help OCD thoughts popping up in my head, I don’t the thoughts but they stick in my head because OCD is evil and tries to take away the things you love the most.
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I was forced to explain my OCD due to my thoughts getting so bad I couldn’t take it anymore. I was really crying and I tried to keep it a secret for a bit but it didn’t work. I didn’t say it was related to relationships but I have had the theme and all themes like (HOCD, ROCD, PureO) he responded by giving me a hug and basically said you need to get help and I will support you no matter what your thoughts say.
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Oh that must be so difficult :( how long have you been with him? Trust me our relationship isn’t perfect my OCD has tested our relationship many times!
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I’ve had similar experience except with trust issues with my boyfriend. I’ve caught him messaging another girl and after a huge debate I decided to give him another chance ... this was 4 months ago. I think that breach in trust exacerbated my OCD because now I’m always thinking, that if he doesn’t text me back right away, or I see him active on social media and not replied to be that he is talking to another girl ... this has put a lot of strain on our relationship where he’s getting fed up with me alway picking fights and saying “i know u fucked up, but if you want to be with me you have to trust me” and I’m really struggling with deciphering: is this OCD ? Or is this reality ? Any advice ?
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Wow, I just joined today after therapy but your original post is exactly what I have. I have exactly these thoughts and my head likes to mess with timelines too. I can't get it out of my head and it drives me mad. I am trying to do ERP to help and fortunately my bf is extremely supportive but it's really reassuring to find I am not the only one with these thoughts..
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How did u explain to your boyfriend that you have ocd ? Did you explain it’s related to relationships? How did he respond ?
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- 25w
I have had diagnosed OCD for a while now and I’ve been really struggling with my rocd. My bf and I have been dating for almost 2 years now and it has been great mostly. (I say mostly because of I’m being honest the bad parts are me causing issues due to my rocd) lately I’ve been struggling to trust him in that he will follow through with his word. This was triggered because we had a wedding and a brunch to go to (he doesn’t know the person getting married but was going just to go with me) and he ended up not being able to go due to finals and group projects he had to end up doing work for. This is a completely understandable and reasonable excuse not to be able to attend something, but my brain is now making me feel like he would do that to anything I need him for. And he literally doesn’t. Like we’re going out of town to see family this summer and I’m scared he’ll flake out. We’ve already gotten plane tickets and everything but my brain is like what if . Again it’s so stupid because he comes through almost all the time I invite him to something and when he can’t go it’s usually due to something pretty reasonable that he didn’t foresee. Like he comes to all my family holiday events, goes and runs errands and does things when I ask, comes over everyday to spend time with me. The only times he can’t come to my house is when he has no gas money. We’re both in college and his parents don’t really support him at all so he has to use all his money he makes working during the summer towards expenses and doesn’t often get to buy things for himself and when we are in our hometown, I go to his house more because my parents pay for everything and I help him save his money because he if doesn’t have any he is truly out of luck. Soem days he won’t even eat because he had to use his money on rent of something. But he still manages to go above and behind for me. Always includes me in things he loves to do, picks flowers for me anytime he sees one and buys them when he does have money, he always writes me notes and does sweet things that he knows will make me laugh. He is such a blessing, but of course my brain only focuses on the negative :( he’s so patient with my ocd but I do get tired of bugging him with it.
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I am at a very difficult spot in my relationship. My boyfriend and I have been together for 6 years, and I have a history of cheating that for years we’ve been trying to work through. To me, it makes a lot of sense that my OCD has attached itself to this and for the last few years I’ve experienced intrusive sexual thoughts of others and relationship ocd. I have been open to him about the content of my thoughts and now, with a proper diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, I am able to reframe them and work through them with ERP so that my brain will *hopefully* get bored and stop sending them. But, things have not been easy. As a result of this and everything in our past, he has become anxious about all the scenarios where I could be having sexualized thoughts about other people. To him, if I am thinking something utterly different than what I am telling him or acting like to him, he can’t fully trust it. And of course, I can imagine how difficult it is to know your life partner is sexualizing others in her brain and to be able find a way to dismiss them as unthreatening, especially when past mistakes say otherwise. Is there anyone that has gone through this with a partner? And other than repeatedly explaining the egodystonic nature of my thoughts and providing reassurance, what are some things you did that helped them? Any advice helps! Thank you
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- 15w
Hey everyone I know I’ve mentioned this before but, I wanted to share again just in case if anyone new sees this. I deal with cheating ocd really bad, like I always have thoughts about the past and such and get worried about things. I know my morals and values and I know id never ever cheat, but my mind always loves to play the “What if” game. It really sucks. My boyfriend is the sweetest and a god sent to me and he is always there for me but ugh this ocd dealing with cheating and false memory/real events kills me, anyone else relate? I dont know how to put up with it anymore, Just today I remembered I had an old twitter account which is now X, but I remembered I deleted my account a long long time ago but ugh I used to be on twitter so much awhile ago and my ocd acted up and was like “You better go check to make sure you didn’t do anything.” And I remembered I sat with myself and said “I know my morals I would never do that to him.” And then my ocd was like “Are you sure? What if you did?” Etc and my anxiety is now so bad about it now :(
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