- Username
- LirLavi
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Hey I have Pure O and am currently with the love of my life. I feel crazy too and on my worst days I just want to run away but my partner is the greatest thing in my life so I fight my OCD every day. I am trying to mood log more when stress triggers arise (work is the worst trigger) and to meditate. I am learning through the work to separate my thoughts with who I am and OCD will attack what you love the most. Sounds like you have a deep commitment for your partner if your OCD is wylin’ out
I feel you so much. I will get to a therapist, but until than i try to cope with it. Listen, for the first month of recovery - you will feel the most intense episode. After that, you start to feel better. Did you got an information about this kind of issue to focus the therapy on? Pals, one things is for sure - we struggled and fear to death because we love them the most.
I feel u.
I understand, that’s really hard. OCD is so terrible isn’t it? I would recommend writing down everything, and I mean EVERYTHING you love about her. what you love about her style, her personality, the things she does. maybe even keep a journal just about your relationship, what you did for her today, what she did for you today. I think that will open your eyes, and show that you truly do love her, and have always loved her, it’s just OCD that’s trying to come in and fuck with everything, but it WONT! :)
Yes, indeed. The thought that im out of love with her makes me to feel like im burning by the devil itself. I dont know what am i support to do, what my actually the fear and how to look on my feelings. I know that i numb because if anxeity, but i dont know what to do with it
Working with a therapist has helped with diagnosis (though my OCD loves challenging the diagnosis lol) and we focus on mood logging and recovery circles to help untangle the thoughts. I keep a feelings wheel picture on my phone in intense flare ups to be in touch with what I am feeling. Developing a strong sense of Self is a key focus. Self-nurturing your self helps build your confidence. I meditate, ride my bike, and sing in a choir to build that so I can challenge my OCD thoughts. It will look different for you, of course, but keep on finding what you love about your self and what you know to be true. OCDDoodles is a fun instagram account, the owner says to lead with your values. From what I see you value the heck out of your partner (as I love mine!) I know sometimes the OCD feels real but we take it day by day!
Hi there everyone, I’m really struggling with obsessive thoughts over my relationship with my girlfriend. Everything was going so well for the first couple months and one day I started doubting - ever since then I’ve been trying to combat thoughts that our relationship is doomed to fail. I used to love my girlfriend, now I keep getting intrusive anxious thoughts about breaking up with her and scrutinising her appearance. I spent a few years struggling before with HOCD but I’m free of that now, now I feel I’m heading into a spiral of obsession over whether on not this relationship is right. I don’t want my girlfriend to suffer and loose faith in me whilst I act all weird around her. How do I stay present to her and cope through it? Thanks
i'm scared I don't have OCD, I used to be 50/50 about it but now I just keep doubting I do. The reason i'm scared is because I can't feel anything for my girlfriend anymore, sometimes I do and want to love up on her but other times I just feel unnatracted to her and don't feel anything for her. This is taking a tole on the both of us, she cries alot because she knows what i'm going through but it's also hurting her. I also sometimes (not very often) think about breaking up with her or being with someone else and it scares me because I want to love her and only her and only be with her. I'm afraid I should break up with her but I really don't want to. Whenever she compliments me I get uncomfortable, sometimes whenever she says I love you I hesitate to say it because I feel kind of guilty and I can't really feel anything. She picks up on all of these things which makes it even harder to really hide. i know I shouldn't hide it but she's the crying type and I upset her too much already with all of this. Someone please tell me they can relate or that it's OCD, can someone please help me?
Me and my Fiancé get married in 3 months. We have been together for almost 3yrs now. I started dealing with OCD and different subtypes around Mid 2022 without knowing it was OCD. (Im not officially diagnosed btw) Because I didn't know it was OCD for a long time all i did was confess and confess to my Fiancé, mainly things about my past some from my distant past and some from my more recent past. Eventually my OCD switched themes and all of sudden now i was having intrusive thoughts. Present intrusive thoughts that's when I learned about ROCD and I immediately felt identified. Anyways i was barely learning about compulsions and how to resist them so i was still not doing good regarding my confessions and i began to now confess my intrusive thoughts. Afterwards as OCD usually does i started obsessing over the most trivial things in my past, i started dealing with Real Event/False Memory OCD I confessed about that too. All the way to present time. I have gotten better at resisting my main compulsion which is confessing, yet i still fail from time to time. What has happened now is that my Fiancé is getting affected. She is the most patient, supportive & kind woman i have ever met. She is literally an angel from heaven and has been by my side through my/our darkest times. However lately she hasn't been feeling well. Due to our economical situation we've decided to move back to my hometown after the wedding. This is difficult for her of course because she has to leave behind. Family, Friends, her job and basically what has been her whole life till now. The thing is that she tell's me that all of that would be easier if she knew she was giving it up for something that's gonna last and she feels like my constant confessing and my intrusive thoughts is just me secretly telling her that I'm not sure about being with her. Keep in mind, she knows about my ROCD, I've explained it, we've read articles together, watched videos about it together. Even then she tells me to try to look at things from her side and how its not easy for her to deal with this change in her life and feel like she has to keep us together as well. I've also felt like OCD has changed who i am. I used to be confident, positive, spontaneous, detailed and romantic. Now all my energy seems to be focused on just getting through the day with my thoughts. So I understand that she hasn't been feeling swooned lately. Specially after so much time of me being the amazing boyfriend. I guess what im trying to figure out is how to deal with all of this. How do i deal with my ROCD and support my Fiancé at the same time. How can I reassure her i love her and that I don't have any doubts about being with her depsite what i feel or think. I don't mind my OCD hurting me or torturing me. But not her, i just want her to be happy. If anyone is going through something similar or has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Life is so hard.
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