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No I completely understand you I have this
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@tina.b2021 Literally it’s so irritating
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omg i understand sometimes i will dress bad bc if i dress good ill get anxious and feel like im trying to impress other guys
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@tina.b2021 im so glad im not the only one its SO ANNOYING
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Glad to know I’m not alone 😭♥️ Mine also manifests as competitiveness around other women. When I see men I feel like I need to put on the best show, and if I see women I automatically begin to assess where I stand against them. I cannot seem to shut it off. I despise myself for it. It’s so difficult though. I know OCD amplifies the thoughts, but a part of me fundamentally does seek approval. I just want it to stop.
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@tina.b2021 OH my gosh I have those thoughts too 😭😭😭 I’ll get anxious whenever I walk past men hoping they “won’t look at me” but then question my motives to begin with. And I get what appears to be relief from NOT getting the attention, but then start to question my worth and whether I’m ugly or not bc I got ignored. 🤦♀️Nothing is ever good enough.
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@tina.b2021 I also feel guilty for assuming these men look out of interest. I know people observe their surroundings for pretty much every kind of reason, but I can’t help but always assume a man’s glance means interest. It makes my ROCD so much worse with my bf too…
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@tina.b2021 but ultimately, I’m tired of basing my worth off of my appearance. I’m deserving of love whether I’m beautiful or not. I shouldn’t have to be this obsessed to begin with! No woman should have to be!
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@tina.b2021 OH MY GOSH YES. ☹️ I grew up ugly. A few years ago I suddenly “glowed up” (as they say lol) and now I get showered w attention, and no matter how many times I get complimented it’s never, never enough! Add OCD to that mix and it’s an addiction. 😭
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Wow. I know this is 50 days late lol but I had no idea this was ocd. I literally assumed that these were thoughts everyone has to a certain degree. But I have always felt like im narcissistic and an attention seeker- especially when it comes to the way I dress/walk. Thank you for sharing this, I will be talking about it with my therapist 😭😂
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I don’t have rocd bug I have false attraction and i get this too I be scared that I’m only doing because I want the person who my “ocd” is fixated on to think I look good
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i couldn't take this anymore. maybe i'll just let ocd win this time. it's too hard to not have a clear conscience everytime i'm with my bf cuz my mind is telling me i'm unfaithful and don't deserve to be happy. i feel like i'll never get better anymore. i already told myself many times to stop attracting attention from other people especially to people i'm having false attraction to. but i did it again yesterday, right after i smiled a little extra in front of that girl i might be attracted to i could feel the massive anxiety in my chest. already decided last week that i might be actually attracted to her so it's best to fully avoid her. i avoided her with the best i could, but we're in the same classroom and i saw her in my peripheral vision looking at us (my bf and i) whispered to myself not to make any mistake i'll regret, but then i felt like i lose control and laugh a little extra. i searched micro cheating and it says there "trying to impress someone you're attracted to" and now i want to break up with my bf. the guilt is too strong. i couldn't sleep at night.
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Hi, I'm 17,about to be 18. I've been struggling with these thoughts for the past 8 months. I was wondering if someone experienced ever the same because I feel im "different". BACKGROUND: (I'm not diagnosed with Ocd but seeing a local counselor) About 9 months ago I cheated on my boyfriend with this guy S (who blackmailed, manipulated and molested me). Since then when I realized that what i did was very WRONG and so I started ruminating picking apart every single interaction and telling my boyfriend, i tried to remember every single detail because otherwise I felt like i was being a fraud and hiding things to save myself, i had many crisis about it because I had also what i think was false memory ocd. My boyfriend forgave me idk how tbh I still wonder. CURRENT STRUGGLE: Months ago I was sure I didn't wanna S in any way and i was sure even when everything happened. For the past 2 months tho I've been having thoughts like " Do I love S?" "I love S" "S is hot" "Would S find me hot?" "What if I want S?" " What if I don't love my boyfriend enough?" "What if I secretly want S?" "What if I see my boyfriend as a friend only?Do I?" And I tried testing my reaction to intimate scenarios with S, I'm scared I like it i dont really wanna love S or have any secret attraction, I wish I didn't have any of this and I want to be sure of my feelings for my boyfriend because I know I wanna be with him and I see a future with him like he brings me comfort. But a part of me keeps trying to convince me otherwise. Sometimes I think I'd rather die than have these thoughts. Im so scared of not being able to control my feelings, im scared I can't resist S and its giving me anxiety and making me cry. Sometimes when i think of those sexual scenarios with S or I get those thoughts my mind tells me to smile because i like it because I find it funny. It makes me doubt myself all over again. Like I'm always like I need to test if I'd feel aroused to intimate scenarios with S, lately im trying to fight this urge to test and test but my mind is like "just do it this once so you can be sure. I can never watch anything romantic or sexual or whatever because my mind would be like "you and S" or sometimes I'm just enjoying time with my bf and im like " yes we can just have a sneaky cheating thing thats ok" and it makes me want to figure it out to find an answer a solution because idk it just does like I need to find the meaning of it if it means the truth and all. Im worried im just an awful person and these thoughts just ruin my quality of life . Today i had a crisis where i ended up doinf swlf harm, I'm so scared of finding someone that's not my boyfriend desirable or sexual appealing or whatever it is, I also have bodily reactions when I try to imagine and test my reaction to scenarios. Now i keep groing everytime and I dont know why but i have this sensation and I dont want to havebit especially when its something S related. Does someone experience the same thoughts? Am I alone in this? Is this ROCD? What should i do?
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My psychologist tells me because my thoughts are based off of facts/ broken boundaries which is why I am having thoughts of am i in love , am I settling , and feeling guilty I should let him go to find someone who wouldn’t doubt him that I do not have rocd. She states rocd is intrusive , irrational thoughts not based off of real facts and I may have ptsd not ocd. He kissed someone else before we were official and he finds a certain type of female attractive that I find disgusting . So I spin about these issues all day long to the point I’m so unhappy with him and had to break up . It’s been over a month now but I’m still severely anxious and depressed The thing is I can’t stop thinking about this 24/7 with severe anxiety and depression and nothing is helping me . Can someone please tell me their thoughts
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