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It's not incest after a certain set, if anything it's only a bit of a diverse feeling of distant relationships. I bet you didn't even know your husband before you dated, like as a friend or something similar.
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Hey, I know we are not supposed to give reassurance, but you really don’t have to worry about that. It’s not weird at all. Without OCD butting in, I wouldn’t think anything about sharing the same great great grandparents as my wife. I know OCD won’t let you off the hook though. OCD is probably making you feel like your first cousins or something. Try saying to yourself “maybe this is kind of weird” anytime the thoughts pop up. Don’t struggle.
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@Poppy7 I’m so sorry you feel like this. My guess is you really love your husband? This is ROCD. You probably think this is such a unique situation… OCD might even be convincing you it’s not OCD> “No this is serious!” It is OCD though. I promise. Non sufferers would laugh this off and jokingly say “yeah I married my cousin” and never think about it, but you have a brain disorder that won’t let you off the hook that easy, unfortunately. You can deal with this though… use maybe statements. Stand in front of the mirror and say whatever you fear> “maybe I pretty much married my cousin”, “maybe I’ll never get over these thoughts”, “maybe we’ll get divorced because of this”, “maybe people are judging us”, “maybe we can’t have healthy kids”. And then just sit in the anxiety or whatever it is you are feeling. Do not reassure yourself. You know this is ridiculous. Your husband’s response is the normal/appropriate response. But don’t even tell yourself that. Just say “maybe” to OCD and give it time. It sucks but you’ll feel better in time.
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@Poppy7 Yeah you recognize it’s OCD which is really good though. I have ROCD issues too. I love my wife more than anything. That’s why OCD targets her sometimes. There’s this weird silver lining with ROCD that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt how much you love your partner. Which is always good to remember. Just don’t use that fact as a compulsive response to your thoughts. You don’t need to go back and forth. Just say “okay OCD maybe you’re right, maybe this is weird”. We can all give you reassurances every day that it’s really not weird at all but OCD isn’t going to roll over so easy. You can’t struggle with it. Do you have a therapist? They can help you do ERP.
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- 22w
Hi, I’m new here!! I’m praying I don’t get judged for this. But, back in late May of 2022 ( literally right before I graduated high school), I added this one random girl from my school on Snapchat. She posted something about a graduation party , so I swiped up on her story basically saying how I can’t believe we’re almost graduated. She replied and we had a really short and simple conversation. The next day ( i believe) , we started talking a lot , and I just so happened to see her at the highschool when we were grabbing our graduation outfits and doing the rehearsal. When I saw her irl, I kinda got turned off ( I heard she was kinda crazy) , and on top of that , she was a little ugly irl. I remember seeing her Snapchat bio , and she was close friends with my female cousin ( a year younger than me) , who I happened to experiment sexually with when I was 10-11 years old. I remember going to work later that day and having sort of a lightbulb flick thought ( it wasn’t a good thought though) , what if my cousin told her about what happened when we were younger? So I started to kind of panic and immediately distanced myself from that girl. I also experimented sexually with one of my female friends when I was 10-11 , and from that day onwards, I’ve been pretty much living in paranoia and a little bit of guilt about someone finding out and my life being ruined . On top of that, It’s gotten worse to now sometimes I wonder if a girl I added off of quick add ( Snapchat) is underage even if they told me they were 18+ or had 18 and above in their bio, and I get so much guilt and anxiety about that. I even had a quick thought last February on what if I did something inappropriate with my younger cousin when I was 15-16 but I just can’t exactly remember when it happened , and it still eats me alive when I think about it, because I don’t know if it happened or not. I’m sorry for the long vent, I just wish I felt normal again. No matter how much I try to do things that old me used to do, life always feels “ off”. I always kept the top part about when I was younger a secret up until early (ish ) 2024, then I vented to one of my best friends and he told me that that’s a normal thing to do at a young age. Since then, I have told multiple friends and they all say they did similar stuff, but my brain just can’t accept that. Please help me, I quite literally overthink everything nowadays. 2021 was the last full year that I felt normal ( coincidentally, the best year of my life so far) . It’s not just about sexual related things either, sometimes I’ll wonder if I messed up something at work or hit a car while driving/hit someone and drove off. I just wanna live my life how I was supposed to live it after highschool ( carefree and happy) before whatever it is ( I think it’s ocd) hit me unexpectedly. Thanks to anyone who read this , I just needed to pour it out regardless of how negative I felt typing this, I hope someone can relate , because I feel so alone in my head at times.
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- 18w
I feel like the worst kind of person and I am ruining my husband. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to change.
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- 17w
my spouse cheated on me on our wedding night and i haven't gotten over it. they never told their parents and i was resentful their parents didn't know. so i called them and told them today. it felt good in the moment to have that extra support from my in-laws but im freaking out now that i have to confess to my partner and they will feel betrayed by me and leave me. is this confession OCD or a real fear? i'm really freaking out.
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