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Gavsherry I ended up cancelling my wedding last year because of ROCD. It did not help the anxiety; in fact, it kind of make it worse. You know what did help the ROCD? We got married a month ago and it’s wonderful. Maybe I made the wrong decision, but I made a choice and that’s enough for each day. Don’t let your fear and indecision try to live your life for you. You can choose what it is that you want. Sometimes you will make the wrong choice, and that’s ok too.
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Sorry you’re Going through this. I’ve had it on and off for 20 years. I still got married and had a child and I’m very very happy but it sneaks up on what we care about / fear most
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Yes it is, follow your gut / heart don’t let fear make your decisions for you!
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I know the feeling. Check out Sheryl Paul’s work. She does a lot with relationship anxiety and it was helpful for me.
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It’s awful isn’t t were due to eat married next year and I get all excited when I think about it and then I’ll get a sinking feeling of guilt and stuff that I’m lying to myself etc so confusing and I’ll get spiked to the max if I find someone Else attractive like I’ve cheated something I’d never ever do thanks for the reply it’s a little comforting knowing I’m not alone with it although I’d rather e Han others to suffer like this it’s hell In the mind at times
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Puppychino thank u so much for that I don’t want to be without her I just want us to be happy etc I know nothing is guaranteed in life but I know what we have is fantastic I just feel I’m losing my grip on it and I can’t take my finger of the self destruct button if that makes sense thanks again for the reply I won’t give up just wish the anxiety/thoughts/negative feelings would piss off excuse my language
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Thanks will check it out.
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- 23w
For the past 3 months ish I’ve been struggling on and off with this anxiety and fixation over my relationship. To wondering if i still have feelings for an old friend, wondering if i actually love him, wondering if the thoughts are all real and im just trying to cover it up with ocd. It sucks, when im talking to my boyfriend i feel fine. The words i love you and talks about the future come naturally. I can’t imagine myself with anyone but him. But this constant rumination on my relationship is KILLING me and I’m scared it’s going to ruin what i have. It makes me numb and disconnected which therefore makes me believe the thoughts even more. They just feel so real sometimes and it’s so scary like why can i not just enjoy it. We’ve been together for a while so i know there’s periods of like feelings ebb and flowing but this is so much more. It’s just constantly sitting on my chest with anxiety. My compulsions are coming on this app, looking at photos of us and confessing it to him. He’s very understanding and helpful. I love him so much. I just need help / I’m also just starting new meds as well ..
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- 20w
I don’t understand why I don’t feel happy, why my mind keeps making me think so negatively about him. Nothing makes me feel joy anymore. I keep thinking that he’s stupid, that I don’t like him, and when he speaks kindly to me, I feel nothing. The worst part is that I feel completely numb, like I have no emotions at all. And that makes me think that maybe I really don’t like him, that I will eventually reach a point where I realize my worst fear is true. I keep fighting with him because of my attitude. I treat him badly, and I know it’s because of my thoughts. I can’t see the good in anything. Today, he told me that I would be better off without him because I always seem so sad. He moved to my city for university just to be with me, and instead of making his life better, I feel like I’m making it worse. The thoughts don’t stop, even when I’m with him. I see people posting about how they feel calm when they’re with their partners, but I don’t. I can’t look at him without having intrusive thoughts, and I can’t even kiss him. Today, he told me that he doesn’t feel loved by me anymore, that I treat him poorly. I am constantly afraid because I feel nothing when he says things to me, because I don’t feel like I care. When I look at pictures of us from when I was in a better place, I feel like I was a completely different person. I start thinking that I’ve “matured” and that’s why I don’t feel anything anymore—like maybe I only liked him because I was young and naïve. Everything he does and says irritates me, but he loves me. What if I’m only with him because I don’t want to hurt him? What if I’m just used to him? I feel scared all the time. I don’t understand what’s happening. He keeps trying to apply logic, but it doesn’t work on me. So many times, he has tried to make me feel better, to tell me that I still care about him and that I don’t need to feel love all the time. But my heart breaks when I see how attached he is to me while I feel like I don’t feel the same way. I feel like I’m hurting him, and I don’t know how to get out of this dark place . He keeps trying to apply logic, but it doesn’t work on me. So many times, he has tried to make me feel better, to tell me that I still care about him and that I don’t need to feel love all the time. But my heart breaks when I see how attached he is to me while I feel like I don’t feel the same way. I feel like I’m hurting him, and I don’t know how to get out of this dark place
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I feel like I want to break up with my partner and go off and experience things like falling in love and butterflies and magic again. My partner is my home and my family and my rock and we’re compatible but sometimes it feels like I have these unfulfilled needs. And then ocd comes in and SCREAMS about these things and pulls me away from my partner. We’ve been together ten years. It says leave leave leave leave leave. And I feel like deep down I don’t want to stay. But I know love is a choice. How can I choose to stay when my body is screaming rub. I know I have ocd, and this is what ocd feels like, and I also have a lot of trauma regards to attachment. Am I being a coward??? Will this ever end?
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