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Oh my gosh! So happy I found your post. For myself, I've been chasing the wrong kind of man for years and falling head over heels for all different kinds of terrible people. It's only this year that I'm in a relatively healthy relationship and my OCD is continuously trying to sabotage it. My brain is trying not tell me I'm not attracted to my partner and convince me to focus on it to a point where I stress. I'm constantly focused on his height (5'9, not even short but my mind tells me he can't be the one if he's not the 6'4 burly "perfect man",) I focus on his facial hair, his skin etc etc everything that could be deemed negative to try and push me away. I also think "is this really love?" And am consistently comparing it to things that aren't even real (fictional characters etc) I've started taking my medication again in the hopes it will reduce the stress. Don't worry you're definitely not alone in this!
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Yes!! Me too, I’m also very obsessed about the height !! I’m comparing all the couples and how they look about their height, and also about his smile how his teeth are, his hands, if they are small he is not very masculine, seriously is soooooooo hard to deal with this because is the best man that I’ve ever met in my entire life. And also I have toughts about relationships like, why people have a relationships, if they are going to break up, and also Im getting so obsessed about “if this is really how a relationship works I don’t know if I want to be a relationship”. And I see any guy at the street I don’t want to look at him because I think that I’m going to cheat on my boyfriend, that I’m going to have feelings for that guy.
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@pierafilippone Omg girl, I'm so there with you. I obsess over the masculinity thing too, my guy isn't skinny but he's definitely slender. When I put my arms around him I think about how "thin" he feels and I feel like the "bigger/more masculine" one even though I'm a woman hahah! I have also compared hand sizes and I too have caught myself looking at other men and feel super guilty about it. My guy definitely isn't perfect but he's supported me and cared for me more than any man I've ever been with and I hate that I think this way.
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@Emilyj Yes!!! I feel exactly in the same way about you, and the most frustrated thing about this when I met him (5 months ago) I didn’t notice or look this things I just felt this feeling and I felt like he was perfect for me, and also, when I was single I was not looking for this type of guys, i always believed that the superficial thing it was not something THAT important but now, that I found an incredible guy it seems like all these flaws that I’m looking in his body don’t let me love him in the way that I usually do ! :(
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Thank you all, it was so nice to wake up to these replies (I’m from the UK) but am sorry that you can all relate. The one thing I try to remember is that when I don’t like someone, I’m very sure of that. The thought becomes ‘how do I end this’ rather than ‘omg I must end this, but for what reason?’. Feelings are so complex because we can’t see of touch them. Only we can feel what we feel. When this first happened I thought I was just in the wrong relationship, but I’ve had 4 relationships since and it’s the exact same cycle and thought process :( I see other people in relationships, so calm, and I just can’t imagine how it must feel to not be obsessing and ruminating about your other half every second of every day. I feel that I go for the bad boys because they are so problematic, that I become more worried about their horrible actions than my own thoughts. So when a guy is worthwhile, my brain wants something to be wrong.
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Hi, i feel in the same way. Is so frustrated, i didn’t know that I have this ocd until I met my boyfriend. When we met we had an incredible conexión, we never felt that before! We are from differents country and we are having a relationship by distance so is really really hard. Im everytime trying to figured out what is my reality about my feelings for him, sometimes I go back to those feelings that I have, but then I start feeling that I don’t feel anything and I’m just forcing myself to love him. Specially when I’m saying “I love you” or call him as “my baby” I feel like is everything fake. Im doing the epr therapy that is helping me a lot but is not something easy! You are not alone !
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I relate. It’s very difficult :(
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I can relate! I got diagnosed with OCD about a year ago now but realized ive had it for quite a few years. In the beginning of my relationship I was head over heels for my boyfriend. He is the perfect guy for me and treats me so well. But we are looking into moving in together and our future and my brain is just picking all the potential flaws. Like doubting whether or not hes a handy man to care for a house, or will he help me around the house when we move in together. Getting these thoughts make me start dwelling and thinking negatively about him. I hate it, these are normal thoughts that anyone would think of when moving in with someone for the first time but they just get stuck in my head and cause me to overthink. I wish I never had doubt, my boyfriend is always so optimistic and has a good spirit, and brings my up too. I pray one day these doubts leave me.
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- 19w
I am at the point where I feel like I don’t even know myself anymore and have a really hard time explaining my thoughts and feelings. The thought that no one may ever be able to help me or understand me is blazing constant in my head. I don’t know if I will truly ever be happy, the dissatisfaction I have in my life is beyond words and I try to be happy but my mind is so toxic and ungrateful. I feel that I may never understand myself. Have been dealing with extreme intrusive thoughts in regards to my relationship, if my partner is for me, if I am the reason problems come up in my relationship, if I am overly sensitive causing arguments etc. I will have constant thoughts about other people in my head although I have a partner. A hyperactive imagination of others if you will or specific individuals in my life. I have a severely low sex drive. I have also noticed recently that my partner will say things that I don’t like but can’t tell if he’s the problem or if i’m the problem. If I like my partner anymore or if I don’t, can I see him in my future or not. When I am with him I enjoy being with him but there is always a thought in the back of my head of do I just like being around him as a friend because I am lonely or if I truly love them. It’s to the point where I question leaving them or not. My only issue is that I don’t want to leave but at the same time I have trouble feeling emotionally and sexually connected. I even pick at physical imperfections that they may have which to my true beliefs does not matter I will love them otherwise. We recently have been arguing a lot and I can’t tell if I am the problem or he is but it causes me a lot of stress because I feel misunderstood and feel like he wouldn’t understand me unless he was me. It can be hard explaining OCD to him because he is one of those people who loves to self help almost like a life coach, explains to me that anxiety doesn’t exist and that I can help myself or stuff along those lines. It hurts so bad because he doesn’t understand how hard it is for someone with OCD and how him saying things like that only makes it worse and makes me want to turn away from him in a way. I want to feel like I can talk to my partner and that I know for a fact is my true belief. I pray that God will heal me of this terrible disease. I feel I have turned away from the Lord so much because of how alone and misunderstood I feel with what feels like no change. When I’m in public I’ll look at a guy and feel as though because they looked at me back they will think I like them or that I may be interested even though i’m not. I obsess in my head sometimes about real people I know that are kit my partner and have just learned to accept that but it’s still disheartening to me. I understand the concept of being with a partner and still finding other people attractive without obviously doing anything about it and I try to remind myself of that. Please someone tell me this is OCD because the thought of it not is sickening. Another thing I do is compare myself to other girls my age almost that if i’m not as pretty as them im not pretty at all. To whom ever reads this please be very mindful of how you respond because I am triggered very easily. But I am so so lost.
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TW: SO-OCD. I have been a part of the NOCD community for around 4 years now. I am seeing more and more posts, but I am very rarely seeing people actually commenting, reposting and engaging back. I think I have always had obsessive thoughts, but never knew it was a thing until around 5 years ago. I believe my first theme was Harm OCD, when my little brother was first born in 2007. I used to scream at night as I was so worried he was going to be kidnapped, or he may d*e. I would avoid sleeping at friends house's, my dad's (as my parents had split) as I thought if I wasn't there to protect him then something bad would happen. My mum said she would wake up and I would be asleep net to his cot in the morning (I was only 10 at the time). Fast forward to 2017, where me and my high school boyfriend split up, I convinced myself I may be gay as I no longer wanted to have sex with him (almost found it a chore). I was 16/17. We split up and I lived my 'single' life. Spent my time dating males etc and then myself and my ex got back together in 2018. My intrusive thoughts took a turn for the worst in lockdown, when again may libido decreased significantly, and I didn't feel and ;urge' with my boyfriend sStill current partner). I remember one day, bursting into tears, had a panic attack and cried for hours with the most excruciating anxiety chest pains. I told him and my mum about my thoughts. They are both incredibly supportive and my mu actually told me that she had these thoughts too when she was round 19 and still does now (I also didn't know that COD can be inherited). After about 18 months of the worst mental health, significant weight loss, social thoughts and almost ending my relationship, I started to see light at the end of the tunnel. 2022, things started to get better. My partner and I were in the best place we could have EVER been! Sex life was AMAZING (quality of quantity I mean) and I honestly thought, this was the end. March 2024 I fell pregnant. Again, I had a great pregnancy, sec life was great, was so excited for our future. I have never been one to be bothered about marriage, but kept having this lovely vision of us getting married and our little girl walking down the aisle. Baby girls born in November 2024 and BAM, SO-OCD and ROCD have kicked in. I am now questioning my sexuality again, if I am in the right relationship, am I just 'settling'?, does he deserve me?, am I in denial?, what if we get married and then it turns out I am gay?, I don't want him to propose as I am scared etc. Just relentless every single day. I even question, if any of the conversations I have had with family and friends where they have related to me, were even real or if I made them up for my own comfort, so that I do't feel alone?! I am constantly reviewing past events, as I worry that I wanted to explore my sexuality in university, as I remember having an amazing friendship with a lesbian (who was, I am not afraid to admit, very 'handsome'), and we did flirt, as she did with everyone!! But we never took it any further, it never crossed my mind! I almost don't even get the 'anxiety/'sick' feeling anymore because I am SO used to the thoughts. I don't have an urge to act on my thoughts, but they are also no longer debilitating for me. I just feel exhausted with them. They are ALWAYS there. I have gone down the rabbit hole of avoiding meeting new women friends incase 'I find them attractive', if there is a same sex couple on a program I watch, I automatically avoid. I compare my relationship to others. I saw an insta reel yesterday of a women in her 30's that said 'when you're lay in bed with your husband, searching 'Am I Gay' questionnaires and you decide to divorce and follow your heart' and it was a page dedicated to her helping other mid life adults cope with coming out as gay! It really really really triggered me. I am just exhausted. If anybody else wants to share there story, comment below. It doesn't have to be the same sub types, but just an opportunity to vent!
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- 12w
Hi all, I’m quite new to the whole ROCD thing as I was just diagnosed after years of thinking I just “wasn’t meant for love/dating” because of how horribly I would spiral into a depressive, extremely dread-filled and horrifically anxious state of mind and immediately cut it off during the talking stage with guys. After breaking up with a guy who I truly liked and cared for TWICE, I was finally diagnosed with OCD and it all really makes sense now. It feels weird trying to explain it to others though… I don’t know if I’m alone in these feelings, but it feels like every time I start talking to a guy—usually after the first date but the worries are extreme even in the beginning when I perceive that they are starting to like me—I end up in this major depressive episode where I don’t feel real or like myself, I can’t take care of myself, I’m either hysterically crying or I feel numb, I feel completely trapped (even if we’re not officially dating yet), I question everything in case I’m missing a red flag of some kind or some hint that this person isn’t right for me (even with simple things like a guy giving me flowers, I end up thinking “is this moving too fast? Is he being weird? Is this love bombing? What if he has an ulterior motive? Why did he really give me these?” when logically I know it’s probably nothing) I feel like I’m always looking for evidence to see if they are secretly weird, if we aren’t compatible (always “casually” ask them to take the Myers-Briggs Personality Test to try to find out as much information as humanly possible right off the bat due to fear of being stuck with them only after realizing their real personality) It then typically escalates to a point where I never want to check my phone in fear that they texted me, I feel smothered from any communication, I wish for them to break up/break it off with me, the thought of them just icks me out and almost disgusts me, I can’t get out of bed, I can’t stomach going out with friends or family of theirs, and I usually need to introduce 24/7 drugs of some kind (weed and nicotine) to my daily routine to cope with the feelings/use it to eat something because I can’t eat when I’m with them/due to the anxiety around dating them. With the man I just broke up with FOR THE SECOND TIME AFTER A WEEK OF DATING, it had gotten to a point—as it always does—where the pain of trying to be with them is greater than my appreciation for them. I might smile at my phone when they text me and be full of joy around them, but the portion of time when I’m NOT around them and left to just think about the relationship or observing how they are behaving rather than being in the moment is just too much. Once I break it off though, it feels like a bag has been lifted over my head and I’m finally back to my normal self. I usually need a couple days to emotionally recover, and then I’m up and cleaning my home, taking care of myself, and back to making plans with others. I feel lonely then and might miss them, but I know it’s just not fair to ANYONE right now to date someone like me. Is this relatable? Do I sound crazy? - Z
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