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Your brain still wants what it can’t have, but your heart ❤️ knows what’s true.
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I just want it to get better
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You don't want to live with your new bf because of the sufferings even when sufferings go along with relationships? I can tell that you're really tired not just facing your struggle with you ex bf but also the time you have spent with OCD has made you even more tired. If OCD is not letting you go either way, that is living with you new bf or escaping life struggles then you have to get yourself prepared now. You can't let yourself be carried away because of the middle situation these two conditions are making. If you're stuck, that means you still have to do something because you can't remain motionless in life. And now if you've got to do something you know what direction is better to walk.
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Holy shit I’ve been going through the same exact thing for the last 4 months. I can’t stop thinking about my ex when I have a boyfriend. Not trying to give reassurance but it’s ocd. It’s fucking with you because it knows your bf is so important to you. Don’t let it get to you. When I get the thoughts I just use mindfulness to know it’s just ocd. Starve the monster. I’m here if you need someone to talk too because I’m going through this
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Oops! My comment back is below
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Please I need someone to talk to I need help. I’m losing it. I don’t want to think about him. I don’t want to leave my bf for him. I just want him out of my head and idk how. I cry and cry. And now I’m scared to move in with my bf cuz of it. It has to be ocd. It has to be. There is no way I would want that toxic ness lying narcissist who never cared about me or losing me. I had to walk away from him after he just kept telling me he didn’t want me. And I just don’t know if I healed enough from the pain or if I just buried it and it’s resurfacing now. I’m scared. I’m so scared. I feel like I’m gonna have a heart attack all the time
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It’s normal to still feel hurt. It’s human. As long as as you love and want to be with your boyfriend that’s all that matters. This obsession started when my boyfriend made a joke saying “If you still had feelings for him I’d leave yo ass” but even though it was a joke it scared the shit out of me. I kept doubting every single thought and couldn’t eat or sleep. I was crying for weeks and throwing up every time I spent the night with him. He had no idea until December I let it all out. He was so understanding and sweet about it. He knows me better than anyone that I don’t care for my ex because I never cared for him before. January I found out I have ocd because it turns out it runs in my family. I started antidepressants and now I’m basically a therapist for myself. I’ve learned tricks for my ocd. I have compulsions to confess and check with my boyfriend, friends and family. I’ve been practicing holding those compulsions in and every time I get a thought I focus on the anxiety I feel and breathe. I try to think about how it’s just ocd. The reason I know it’s ocd is because I feel shame and guilt. You clearly love your boyfriend so much and this is killing you because ocd knows your love him.
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@TrinnyTrin But then I go with the what if I feel shame and guilt because I know I miss and want him but don’t want to hurt my bf. I think what if my ex changes and then we will be a better fit. I think what if I could forgive him for what he did to me. I can’t stop. I just want to stop because I do live my bf. I feel so awful I don’t know what to do
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@Ocdandme123 How are you now? Better? Same? Or worse?
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@TrinnyTrin I’m okay. I am still struggling but I’ve been watching so many videos and reading so much and talking to people. It’s still in my head but I have a therapy apt set up for Monday and I’m determined to move past this shit
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I have had ocd in my relationship for a while now. When I originally met him it was like this insane spiritual soulmate feeling and we just clicked instantly and he never judged me. I’m scared cause when I picture breaking up with my boyfriend I see myself being ok and being sad but moving on which I never was able to see before doesn’t this mean that this is what would happen or I don’t know till it happens? I still can’t imagine what life would be like without him but I just feel like I have lost feelings that I never wanted to lose. plus that’s also when I just picture knowing how people move on and how I’d just have to move on without letting myself picture processing the losses of all. I’m just really scared cause I used to think of wanting other things in someone else and what it would be like but I just thought how nice it would be to have it and not actually meaning it bc every time I thought about it I got upset and now it feels diff. He knows I have ocd but I never explained the ROCD because I thought it would have offended him so every time I went through a flare up I never told and acted like I was fine and it kept happening and OCD kept getting worse and worse. Maybe that’s part of the issue cause I haven’t been feeling like myself. But this is a feeling I never wanted to feel ever with him. I have gone through the feeling of numb but not like this. And he has a lot of positives but I can only see him overall as negatives and I’ve been told that’s ocd but it’s affecting how I feel. And yes there are legit actual things in the relationship that upset me but ocd has been affecting the way I look at him also. I keep being told my judgment is being impaired but this time it rly feels like not. And I’m Scared why don’t memories and things affect me like it used to doesn’t that mean I want this. Has anyone experienced this or is this the end 😭
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Ok so this all could be for reassurance but I’m rlly upset en and need help. So to preface, I had ocd when I was younger her and when I started dating my current bf it suddenly returned but ig I didn’t realize it was rocd bc I never knew it could present itself in this way. All I knew was “go away I just wanna love my bf and stop liking other guys” when my brain would get me so confused. A couple weeks ago I started on Luvox and I thought it was rlly working bc I also started seeing an ocd specialist and she gave great tips on exposures and the Medication in conjunction w that jus felt like it finally make me myself again. However, yesterday I had some gwneral intrusive thoughts in the morning and right before that, I was on top of the world so happy bc I was myself again. When the thoughts came I was like ew oh whatever. UNTIL my brain was like nagging me and making me feel guilty for having those thoughts. So I dove into em making sure they weren’t true etc. bc that never fixes anything it kept progressively getting worse and I forgot my exposures in those moments bc I just wanted to make sure I loved my man and didn’t do smth against him. Towards the later day, I was swimming w my siblings and my bf and the whole time I had a blast bc he’s the best, but I had nagging thoughts and feelings saying some guy from my new job is similar looking but slightly better looking and he’s the one guy I’ll leave my bf for. And it’s been saying that and variations of it from over 24 hrs now and I feel so awful. I feel guilty and to make things worse. Last night bc I spiraled/ relapsed so hard my thoughts also said I wanna leave my bf bc I no longer love him and I miss those old feelings but I can’t jus forget how awful I am as a gf to him bc my thoughts and ocd feelings. I feel terrible and I jus wanna be fixed😓I don’t wanna like that guy my man is my bsf and so cute and handsome and perfect. Why am I still “confused” if I don’t wanna be etc. my therapist said to go toward my goals and Values and not let ocd stop me from it, but I feel as if I can’t til I make sure I don’t like the other person or wanna but all I want is to be me but I feel like a liar 😞
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My ex boyfriend broke up with me last summer and it was really rough on me even thought we only dated for a little while. He treated me terribly but I guess I wanted it to work. However during the fall I was healing well and met my current boyfriend. I knew him as a kid and we reconnected and started dating. It’s the most WONDERFUL relationship ever and I love him so much. However for the past couple months, on and off, I have been obsessively thinking about my ex, to the point of feeling so sick to my stomach. Just the thought will do it. I have been stopping myself from checking his instagram because that just makes it worse. I do not want me ex back at all and I am so happy now. I recognize these thoughts as intrusive and hurtful. I just want them to stop and be in the moment. Has anyone had a similar experience? What did u do? Also, I want to tell my boyfriend about this but I am unsure on how to do so.
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