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Hey, I need advice
I’m in college and at the start of the semester I formed a big friend group. A few weeks ago, some of the people in that group made a separate group chat without one couple a guy and a girl, who are also our friends. In that chat, they talked badly about the boyfriend. They said he shouldn’t be drinking because of his heart condition (without really knowing the facts), called the two of them “Debbie downers” for not always wanting to hang out, and even shared a picture of him drunk and slightly made fun of him saying that he couldn’t feel anything. It’s like this would be one thing if he was in a group chat and laughing along with us, but this is a separate group even if it wasn’t intended to be that way, I felt that it was still disrespectful My OCD really latched onto this situation. The obsession started right after all of this happened and it hasn’t let go since. I keep replaying it in my head, thinking about how cruel it was of them to do that while calling themselves “friends.” Every time I see her, I can’t stop thinking about how I know something she doesn’t, and it makes me feel fake. I go back and forth between wanting to tell her everything, and worrying that my urge to tell her is more about calming my own guilt and obsessive thoughts than it is about protecting her. I still hang out with her till this day and it has been three weeks since this all has happened. But every time I hang out with her and I’m looking at her I my mind always wander to the fact that I know something, but I thought that she should also know. Earlier today, I told my friend just about the part where they said “he shouldn’t drink.” She cleared it up and told me he actually can. But I didn’t tell her about the group chat itself or about the picture. I feel like the most important that should be shared. I’ve already distanced myself from the people who made the chat, so I don’t care about any confrontation with them. I know that it can be considered kind of a drama filled and that’s not my intention, but my intention is to always be 100% real and what I don’t like. Is people putting me in a position where it looks like I’m fake. But I can’t help but think about what I would gain from this maybe this would put me exactly where I don’t want to be which is in the middle of the drama. I just don’t know if I should finally tell her everything, even though it’s been weeks, or if leaving it alone would be better. I just can’t seem to get this out of my head every time I see her. It’s just crazy because everyone else that is involved also just walked past her and don’t see any happen and I’m just like how can you guys do that to someone? It gives me the ick. But maybe I should just put it in God’s hands Has anyone else with OCD dealt with an obsession like this, I didn’t start off as an obsession, but then it kind of turned into one. Like and obsession where you feel a huge urge to “confess” something? How do you tell if it’s the OCD talking, or if it’s something you really should share?