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- 41w ago
- Date posted
- 41w ago
Make sure your partner understands OCD and its challenges. Make sure they know it’s not really you. If you don’t believe it, spit those words out anyway. Also, advise them to research OCD so they can know your thought process and how to help you.
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- 41w ago
@hmi A lot of mine is thinking I’m not enough for them, or that they’re pulling away.
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- 41w ago
@Addie976 I’ve had some bad relationship experiences. It takes a lot to reassure me. Maybe send your partner a text and just explain how you’re feeling and let them know. Make sure they understand that this is OCD, and it’s not that you don’t trust them.
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- 41w ago
@hmi Thank you for the advice.
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- 41w ago
I would recommend this books called relationship OCD by sheva rajee I wish I found out about ROCD years ago but it’s never too late. This book was extremely helpful. My point of view no matter how many time you ask for reassurance your still never going to accept it. Of course communication with your partner is great but so is sitting with that uncertainty. I
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- 22w ago
I’ve been struggling with relationship OCD and differentiating between what is an intrusive thought and what is a real doubt. I was really happy with my partner then I got one aggressive thought that I didn’t love him and this spiralled into noticing all his flaws. I struggle being around him because I feel a huge sense of guilt that these thoughts even come into my head and I cannot figure out if this is my brain lying to me or this is how I feel. It’s really impacting a relationship that is so important to me.
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- 15w ago
I’ve just recently found out that Relationship OCD is a thing. I feel like I relate but it also feels like relationship trauma. I’m in a fairly new relationship and I keep telling myself that things are going great, we are good, he cares for me, but does he? There’s this unbelievable amount of self doubt that sits in me because of what my ex did to me many months ago. I kept getting told that I do too much, i smother, need constant reassurance, then got told that I don’t care enough, the things I do aren’t enough and that I’m not enough. I feel like I am waiting for the day that I get broken up with because of these “problems” just so I can be proven right at the fact that I should be considered unlovable. I go through this every month around my period because I get so emotional and nervous that I stress over the idea that he doesn’t like me. How does someone continue a relationship with Relationship OCD? How do I explain it?
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- 8w ago
I'm struggling really hard with relationship obsessions. Do I really love my partner? How can I know? Am I really just faking it? That kind of thing. It's making my life and relationship a lot harder than they need to be. I could use a few helpful coping mechanisms, trying to move away from less helpful ones like chasing reassurance.
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