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Terrible ROCD today!
I am really struggling. I love my partner, she's wonderful, highly compatible, we have a lot of fun and she's beautiful! However, in the midst of a flare up, I keep being triggered by attractive women. Making me doubt my feelings. Or worry I a missing out on my 'dream woman' physically. My girfriend is genuinely beautiful, and she really knocked me over when we were dating. When flare ups subside I feel exceptionally lucky to have someone beautiful inside and out. But flareups give me serious fear of missing out, or making wrong choice. I try to remind myself than women on TV or dressed to impress don't look like this 24/7. My partner is a knock out with makeup, but I see her comfortable and content, in sportswear with no makeup. That illusion of perfection has been broken - I see the reality of a naturally beautiful woman. But those strangers I see... the illusion is still there. At that moment they're perfect, and for all I knoe, they're perfect all the time (although I really know thats not true). This triggers me really bad. Any tips on curbing it? I don't have desire to act on my attractions, the mere realisation of feeling attracted is what triggers me! It's awful.