Dating with OCD

Okay so I had a similar situation as far as my relationship. My partner actually opened up and told me it was affecting us and that made me start therapy, I would say as long as ur in therapy trying to get better ur doing amazing:)) u will get through this! U are not alone ever . When I have thoughts because I don’t want to dump on my partner I will work out take a walk or write it down

Hi, I have been dealing with the same thing for the last two months with a provoked blood clot from an ankle injury. I had to quit a lot of habits and focus on my health. I haven’t been as fun to be around. I also am in between jobs so have no steady income. I was so worried he’d leave me and was self sabotaging. Getting to the stage of acceptance was very helpful for me and to realize that this was temporary. It’s hard to let go of control but It really is your OCD telling your core fear is he is going to leave you. It’s always a possibility but don’t predict it as your reality. I’m sure he will support you through this and changing the topic after 10 minutes to talk about anything else is helpful :). My clot has since resolved and we are stronger than ever. You got this!

I have had really bad cases of health OCD all throughout my life and my health hasn't been the most helpful. From birth, I had low chances of living.. (Around 3-5% chance) to being really young/early stages of developing OCD I would believe that I had cancers + diseases and all sorts of awful things for just having a rash on my arm. Then a new example of health OCD being triggered is from many months ago when I had a coffee overdose (Completely my fault btw !! Having 6+ worths of cup of coffee in one sitting & drinking it all in 5 minutes is NEVER good, ended up really badly and I stayed at the ER for a few days) which then led to severe palpitations afterwards so at the time I thought it would last forever and OCD had a grand time with it. Which spoiler alert, I don't feel those severe palpitations anymore ! But nontheless I've had MANNYYY ER trips for the most insane reasons ever. And along with that I've had health issues throughout my life & I have anemia . Sooo.. my health has/had concerns/concerned me many times . But guess what ? Despite all of those issues + events I'm still alive ! The human body is really strong and I've learned to be more uncertain for when it comes to my concerns . So far, so good. 🙂‍↕️✨️ I do really understand your fears, you're not alone <3 I believe you can do this tho !!!

I also worry about people not wanting to be with me because of how worried and down I can get. But if any of my friends or loved ones said they felt that way I know I would love them all the same and just have empathy for their experiences. I try to encourage myself to trust my relationships. While also holding that not every relationship pans out, but the joy and love from them is real, and even if things don’t pan out you’re still worthy of love and learned a lot from your time together