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mostly thoughts that are negative of my gf. weather it’s physical or not. and just other girls popping into my head and not having control and just feeling very guilty. it’s pretty bad
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I have that too, with out girls popping into my head though. But i have the constantly feeling of something isn’t right, and it makes me feel bad.
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@elleeen i’m scared the other girl thing is bad but i used to not be committed to this person so maybe that’s why. what do you think
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@murp What do you mean? I didn’t understand the question.
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I’m sorry to hear that too. I have told my partner my ocd is bad lately but I’m trying not to listen because deep down I know I love him, I just wish my brain would turn off the cyclical doubts. I’m hoping like some of my other past ocd things that this too shall pass
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Same. I think i have commitment issuses and fear of abandonment. My rocd is screaming inside my head that i have to leave, but i dont want to. Feels like it, but thats just the anxiety talking. What are you struggeling with?
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I do too. And my s.o is perfect. But I can’t turn off the thought that something is wrong and we should break up but I know I don’t want to
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same my partner is the best i could ever ask for she understands all my issues. my mom passed this past summer and that is what triggered it all
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Same. I have so bad anxiety and i just want to run, but its just the anxiety talking.
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@elleeen I can even picture running and then I start crying because I know my bf is my partner and I don’t want anyone else. Which makes me always ask those stupid what if questions. I wish I could turn my brain off and appreciate what I have
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@carlys Same, i feel so bad. I feel nothing towards him either, and it makes it even worse. Im trying to stay calm and not panic.
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i went through like phases of it. first i felt like i didn’t love her. then feeling like i had to tell her every single little thing that i did
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how did u deal with it?
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@elleeen I second that, how did you get past the first stage
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@elleeen i go to therapy and i also take zolaf. i have good days and bad days and good week and bad weeks. i just try to think of times i felt safe and secure with her. ex: black friday shopping. i liked driving and being with her for a while and stuff. or think of her talking to my family and that everything is okay i just have to get through this
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@murp Thanks i will try to do that.
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@elleeen Does your therapist do cognitive behavior therapy? I’ve been on the search for a good medication to help, I’m on busprione now but I don’t think it’s working well
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@carlys he is starting ERP soon with me. zolaf is pretty good. it’s the only one i’ve used ever
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I don’t want my bf to know. At least with my ocd I just worry that I don’t love my bf. Or ask the what if like what if I don’t actually love him. So my phase now I guess is questioning if I love him but my conscious mind is telling me You can’t ever know if you love someone that’s not a certainty and love isn’t something you feel every second of every day. That’s how ocd sneaks in. It finds areas of life that are uncertain. I just cry and pray this doesn’t ruin my relationship and I get past it
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My boyfriend and I recently broke up. I was constantly terrified of him not being the one I love. even though he is beyond amazing I had to force myself to look at other people asking myself, “am I attracted to them more than I am attrcated to my boyfriend?” I led him through a lot. I struggled with the small things setting me off, such as the clothes he was wearing and I was sent into a spiral of anxiety thinking “I cant love him if I have these thoughts,” “why am I sitting in this year long relationship lying to myself and leading my boyfriend on?” And my brain and body respond, “run, emmy.” Its simple that my brain does this to protect me and though its innocent, its far from helpful on both sides of relationship. The most effective thing to do is communicate to your partner when your ocd is being a prick, and maybe ask for a few minutes to think. I failed at this part because my ocd was so strong- almost like peer pressure but internal peer pressure.
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oh, sorry to hear that. Im not gonna break up, but my rocd is so bad right now.
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I’m struggling through the same thing right now as we speak. I’m on what should be a relaxing vacation and just feel like something isn’t right. My brain is running through every thing I don’t like about the relationship. We just had sex and I had to force myself. I felt numb. I am slowly getting off of Lexapro which I know kills your sex drive but I can’t help but wonder if this is just me not attracted anymore. Help.
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@df126 Zoloft annihilated my sex drive. It increased my fears about my partner about me not being attracted to him which led me to be very snippy and rude to him. I pushed my fears onto my boyfriend
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I do similar things. We are used to the excitement of the chase. That’s not possible in a stable relationship. Having a stable relationship is a good thing
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like i used to be someone who didn’t commit to one person and kinda went through a hoe phase. and i just sit and compare my relationship now to the ones i had before and it’s just mentally taxing
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You should next time talk to your SO.
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my therapist suggested that some of my less bad rocd intrusive thoughts are actually mine, and not intrusive. She ended up taking it back when she saw the alarm on my face and saw how panicked I got. I feel really freaking anxious. We were only talking about it because I mentioned a lot of doubt surrounding those less bad ones, but it only filled me with more doubt. I don’t want those thoughts to be mine. I really don’t. I feel scared and so discouraged after this session. I feel scared about the worst thoughts, what if those aren’t intrusive. I feel so much doubt.
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I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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