- Date posted
- 1y
Is this a type of harm ocd (fear of being abusive)
TW for emotional abuse My ex partner was verbally and emotionally abusive. It’s taken a long time for me to admit that to myself, and I still sometimes struggle with feeling like it “wasn’t that bad” even though it still deeply affects me two years later. I’m in a relationship now with the sweetest guy in the world. He communicates well, we agree on almost everything and we resolve conflicts respectfully. We have a near-perfect relationship… and it freaks me out. My current OCD theme is the fear that I am unknowingly abusing my boyfriend the way my ex abused me. I’m terrified that I’m actually an awful person and I deserve to be alone forever. Sometimes I think about just ghosting all of the people I’m closest to because I feel like staying in their lives is going to inevitably lead to me hurting them. The worst part is I feel like expressing any of this to my loved ones is ALSO an act that is hurting them. My main compulsions are rumination, googling things and other types of reassurance seeking. Has anybody else dealt with this specific theme? I feel like it would qualify as some combination of ROCD and HOCD, but I’ve never been able to find any resources about the fear of being abusive. If anyone has had this as a theme, how did you go about treating it?