- Date posted
- 1y
OCD makes me paranoid of people close to me?
Does anyone else struggle with OCD “what if” thoughts that assume all the worst about their partner/family? I have constant intrusive thoughts about how maybe these people are actually secretly terrible, have done/will do horrible things that I don’t know about, etc. My brain tells me a constant stream of horrific ‘what if’ scenarios and brings up all sorts of little memories or bits of data to try to convince me the worst is true. This feels different from my other OCD themes that I feel like I can deal with somewhat successfully. I’m not sure how to live with this uncertainty because I feel like people really can hide terrible things, cheat on you, pretend they’re something they’re not, etc. It feels wrong to ignore the thoughts as a result. Anyone have any advice?