just wondering, has anyone talked about their obsessions or compulsions to someone they trust, like a family member or a friend? if so, how did you guys start talking about it with them? because my therapist suggested for me to find someone i trust in talking about my obsessions so that i can work with them to help rationalize my thoughts especially when it gets really intense and when i don’t have my therapist to help me in the moment. like i really do need someone else’s opinion or for them to help me come to my senses into the rationality/logical reasoning, but i don’t exactly know how to approach them or how to really start talking about it with them. & like another part of me is holding back from talking about it to my friends or family because i don’t want to feel like a burden to them...

Thomas74

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 5y

I personally think that the best way to start is simply by telling them that you have OCD. Then invite them to find out a little bit about it on their own. Maybe you can point them to a specific website that outlines the dos and don’ts when talking to someone with OCD. I think when they have a better understanding of what it is, then you can approach them about actually talking about it. My therapist suggested that this would be a group of people, talking each individually, so that no one person becomes overwhelmed.

saaaam

Date posted: 5y

but if it means for me to get better, then i’m all for going for it and approaching them, i just don’t know how ?

Evelyn4416

Date posted: 5y

I talk to my friend about my experience with OCD and the thoughts I experience. He has been very understanding so whenever I talk with him it does give me a better sense of peace. I talked to my parents about it in the beginning but at that time I didn’t think it was OCD but that I was going crazy? ? now i don’t mention the specifics I’ll just say I still deal with the intrusive thoughts and I think they get the message. I’m like you where I don’t want to feel like a burden to them, or really just scare them, but definitely talk to them if it means improving on your healing journey. Maybe approach the topic slowly and introduce what exactly OCD is and what it consists of, how you deal with it, how treatment and recovery works, etc. Good luck :)

???

Date posted: 5y

I’ve found a couple friends / partners care and want to know details but most just say ok you have ocd and don’t ask or care to know more... I think you have to just lay it out there that this is a problem, here’s what your obsessions are, and tell your friends/family how youd love them to help (eg tationalize the irrational) don’t expect mind readers - just be super direct. At the same time, I just started erp 2 weeks ago and my therapist told me to focus on not doing compulsions rather than addressing obsessions right now.... are you working w an ocd specialist?

saaaam

Date posted: 5y

thanks for the suggestion! :) & same! i started seeing my therapist who specializes in ocd about three weeks ago & we’re still identifying my common obsessions and compulsions right now, but before directly going into erp, i was told to work on focusing on my obsessions more before doing compulsions

Anonymous

Date posted: 24w

Sharing intrusive thoughts/urges with partners

Last night I had a fucked up intrusive thought/urge about harming my partner and I'm spinning out today. I let them know I had an intrusive thought and was struggling with compulsions around it and future repercussions, but did not tell them exactly what the thought/urge was, which they accepted. Do y'all share details with your partners about harm ocd? How can we healthily ask for support from people we are having horrible thoughts about?

Harm OCD

clair_m88

Date posted: 23w

ROCD & friends

Hi everyone☀️ has anyone ever vented to a friend without knowing it is a compulsion? Meaning like you believe the thoughts so much in your head you vent to them and they agree with you? Which then fuels your obsessions about your relationship even more? I have really done that less lately the more I have learned about my ROCD, but wanted to know if anyone else experiences this? It’s so hard when we think we are just venting and then someone agrees or goes along with the obsession because they don’t understand the OCD..which then fuels my ROCD 😭 idk if I’m making sense lol hopefully someone understands

Relationship OCD

madalyndicie...

Date posted: 22w

hello everyone 🤍

i’ve been dealing with this “thing” since i was 15. (i’m 23 now) if i have a bad memory that i have done when i was really young or just an intrusive thought i feel like i need to tell my mom or boyfriend. it’s been on and off ever since but since January hit it’s been an everyday thing about the littlest things. mostly about my relationship. an example is i was talking to someone random at my job and we were talking about taxes and when im in deep thought or just thinking i do a thing where i bite my lip (not in the sexual way) and i had a thought when it happened “was that sexual?” and i felt like i did something wrong and i went for a while thinking that until i told my boyfriend about it. or like my ex’s face has popped up in my head in the most inappropriate times and i feel the need that i have to tell him. (my ex was not a good person) i feel like im a prisoner in my head everyday, trying to justify thoughts or remind myself that its just a thought. i didnt know that this was or could be a form of ocd. it runs in my family but i’ve just never considered it being this. i always called it anxiety or depression but i always felt like it is more than that.

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