Anyone ever have ocd over objects? Like today I bought a little stuffed cute octopus and I keep getting obsessions like what if I have to take it back bc I don’t really like it? I feel physically sick and even had the anxiety shits after I bought it. Now I’m shaky and I’m thinking of returning it but I know this is all so stupid ??‍♀️

You deserve to have this stuffed animal, you do like it, or you wouldn't have bought it

Thanks but I actually decided to keep the litte guy. If I took him back it would be giving into my ocd, plus he’s very cute. I don’t understand how my mind can literally make me physically sick. And how something so small can cause such a bad response in me. Physically sick over the thought of maybe not wanting this cute little plush? And I got thoughts about bad things happening if I kept him. This is so dumb!! I hate that I had that reaction to something so little. Idk y my brain does this and it scares me. All I want to do is cuddle the cute little thing. It scares me bc it reminds me of the rocd thoughts I’d get about what if I don’t really love my husband, when all I want to do is love him more than anything. It makes me so sad. I feel things so deeply. Can anyone else relate?

Oh my gosh...totally!

:'(

I feel like it is taking things away from me too...I was in a relationship and kept getting strong feelings that I didn't love the man or that my heart would just hit a wall...I don't know why I was having these thoughts and feelings completely, but I didn't want to have them...I wanted to be with him I just couldn't be at peace

You will be okay...it's okay you took the stuffie back, maybe you can rebuy him another time whwen you're feeling better

❤

No no it's okay...I feel that way too

And you can love him...for the rest of your life, actually it's kind of your job, I just was in a relationship and I was freaking out...I wanted to love this person so badly and I did, but I felt like I didn't and I started to feel a little tightness in the back of my throat and some anxiety when I talked to him but I didn't want to feel this...I just wanted to be happy as I was at the beginning

Now we are just friends but he is very deeply in love with me

I’m so sorry. I actually gave in and took the little guy back. ? I feel like a failure for giving into my ocd. I cried a lot and gave him one last hug goodbye. I’m ok with giving back a stuffed animal but I NEVER EVER want to do that to a person. I broke off many relationships in the past due to my ocd, and it haunts me everyday. Yes, looking back I’m glad I did break them off bc if I didn’t I wouldn’t be with my wonderful husband today. I’m scared of this happening to US. All I want to do is love him the way he deserves to. I’m terrified. I don’t want to loose my husband over rocd. Please give me support today as this is extremely hard for me. I’ve been crying since thismorning bc of a nightmare I had about leaving my husband bc of rocd and kind of re-lived the past trauma of leaving my exes bc I’d get so anxious I’d get physically sick around them. My worst fear is letting rocd ruin my marriage. ? I didn’t love the octopus ? near as much as I love my husband. It just scared me that I could have those thoughts pop up again about something I liked. The physical sickness brought back a lot of painful memories when I had no idea it was ocd I was dealing with and when no one understood my illness or why I was the way I was. Please pray for me everyone and for my marriage that this awful disorder doesn’t try to take everything I love away from me

@racheljustine I feel like I just failed. Like I lost against OCD. ?

Idk...in my relationship I was just nervous and being around him made me have this feeling in my heart and now he is ready to move on, unwilling to give me time

Time to see if my feelings for him could grow

He is ready for someone who will commit

I can’t fail on my marriage and eating (I get thoughts about food being gross too- and it causes me not to eat.) the food thing has caused me to loose large amounts of weight like 20lbs over a month or two. It literally threatens my life at times. God love my husband for standing by me through all of my problems. Also I feel bad bc I keep crying bc of my ocd and when ppl ask I feel like I have to blame it on something else that’s “normal”. My grandpa is having open heart surgery today but honestly I’m not that upset about it. (I mean I love him and I hope he’s ok) but what I’m upset about are these awful thoughts in my head and the ability they have to make me physically sick. It’s a helpless feeling.