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Rant/vent? (Any advice is welcomed)
So for context me and my girlfriend have been together for closing in on 8 months. We're really happy! And we've always been happy. However I believe in am dealing with ROCD (ive had ocd symptoms all throughout my life) and its begun to affect me badly. First off a few months ago I randomly got the thought of "what if I am losing feelings?" Usually I can dismiss intrusive thoughts like this easily but this one stuck. This one would plague my mind and thoughts for weeks on end, it caused me anxiety and sadness and I was extremely scared. Then one day, the thoughts just went away. We carried on as usual, then one day we went to out friends Quince. We were there and dressed up nice eating with friends and during conversation the topic about our age gap came up. I wasn't thinking when i said this and then I ended up saying the age gap me and my ex had instead of the one me and my girlfriend now have. I am over my ex and i dont miss her and didnt ever miss her at all throughout me and my girlfriends entire relationship however I immediately felt awful. It was a slip of the tongue but intrusive thoughts flooded my mind of "what if im not over her?" Or stuff like "what if I miss her?". I told my girlfriend about the slip of the tongue and she insisted that it was ok and that we were ok, but the thoughts lingered. For months on end I proceeded to have those same intrusive thoughts about my ex, it branches off into intrusive memories and dreams as well. Its also caused me to have intrusive thoughts about other things as well. For example when talking to someone ill have the intrusive thought of being attracted to them and it makes me panic, or ill overthink getting s groinal response when I accidentally see something revealing, and other thoughts that IF they were true would heavily collide with my relationship. And worst of all, the thoughts of not being in love with my girlfriend have resurfaced stronger than ever. Every waking moment of every waking day have been filled with these thoughts ever since the incident and ive been in constant anxiety and when im not anxious im either discomforted or sometimes even numb. It scared me because my brain tries using it as proof that my thoughts are true and that I dont love my girlfriend. Last night I bawled my eyes out at the thought of losing her but these thoughts still continue. We have cute happy intimate moments where I feel madly in love and then my thoughts shatter that. Its miserable, and im scared, and drained. I do want to lose my girlfriend, she's been the greatest person to me ever and I do love her so much. I hate that I can rationalize my love for her because I wouldn't care this much if I didnt but also that these thoughts are extrenely powerful and cloud my mind. Any tips to manage this? I dont have access to therapy at least not for now and i need help