Another big win for me, we’ve set a date for our wedding and booked our venue 💕 Reducing and eliminating compulsions is one of the best things I’ve ever done. It’s been hard and I still have my moments but if you’d asked me in August where I would be now I would never of dreamed I’d be here! 💕
SO-OCD/HOCD has flipped my life upside down a week ago. It has made me feel like I’ll never be able to experience milestones like relationships and marriage. I remember seeing one of your posts briefly on the feed and giving me hope. I’m so excited for you!
@yessyess I have felt like this and to be honest I still do at times. That’s what ocd does best, it makes you doubt yourself. I hope you start to feel a bit better soon, it’s a truly awful illness.
Yay! I’m so happy for you!
Hip hip hooray and congratulations!!
Awesome! I love this post ❤️! Massive congratulations 🥳! I’m trying to take the next step and move in with my boyfriend and start a family, but SO OCD and the constant thoughts makes me feel so sick everyday and it scares me I will always feel this way and never feel comfortable, but I know I love him and want him in my life, so I’m trying to accept that the thoughts may always be there, maybe even non-stop, 24-7, but I’d rather live like this if I have to (however distressing) than without him. Although, I hope that isn’t the case and it goes because it’s debilitating, and my stomach is a ball of anxiety. I think SO OCD and ROCD are particularly awful OCD subsets because they are the most subjective. I mean having relationship doubts is normal in a way, and sexuality can be on a spectrum, but OCD wants 100% certainty, but relationships and sexuality are far from black and white. That’s my opinion anyway. I’m so happy for you - yay 😁 xx
@Lizzie I totally relate and to be honest when I start to spiral I often think to myself will I ever feel comfortable or confident enough within my own decisions. When I look back I can relate that to a lot of my life, low self-esteem definitely comes hand in hand with ocd. I would say go for it, if it’s what you want, you should do it regardless of what ocd is saying. You get to dictate your own life, that’s yours not ocd’s.
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