This is more of a personal problem I’m having, but you guys are all so helpful, so I hope you don’t mind if I take everyone’s attention away from OCD for a sec. As I’ve said before I’m really sick at the moment. All I’m really doing is laying around, doing ERP, sleeping and playing video games. (Plague.inc is the bomb by the way. 10/10 would recommend) Anyway, this guy I just graduated high school with has started texting me. We were in the same circle but I avoided him because he’s often rude/makes inappropriate jokes/ has no verbal filter). Now that we’ve graduated he’s texting me all the time, and at first I was polite because, well. Because you should always be polite. But he keeps messaging me 5 times a day asking to hang out. I’ve tried to put him off because I’m a cautious person and hanging out with a guy I barely know alone doesn’t sound like the best idea. But also, as I said, I’m SUPER SICK! My cold went to my chest and I can barely breathe, I’m coughing all the time, I’m not in a position to go and hang out with someone. But every day without fail he messages me asking if I feel better. He says things that are kind of weird like “I really do hope you feel better soon you know. I really do.” And “Its really good that you trust me. Trust is important.” Gonna be honest, its making me sorta anxious! Plus we’re both going to a big end of year 12 party at the end of this month, so I know he’ll talk to me and be annoyed if we haven’t hung out by then. What the hell do I do? Sorry to bother everyone I know this isn’t OCD related...but it sure as hell isn’t helping! (Although it is nice to worry about a normal problem for once!)

I would say ‘not to read into this’ but I’m going to because YOU NEED TO. You haven’t seen him in a while. Luckily, your immune system is protecting you from him at the moment. Also luckily, you guys are only connected by this lovely mode of communication that we call texting. Please please please. Take deep breath. Hold for 5 seconds. Let it out. Don’t go. Better yet, don’t even answer. For your own sake. It’s stressing you out and you don’t need it. You’re going to see him later anyway! When you do, just laugh it off and be really smooth about it. Say you got really busy. Say your cold turned out to be something way worse. Whatever it is. Just don’t feel like you have to meet up with him. Plus, he sounds like a major safety issue if we’re talking honestly. If you do decide to go, please bring someone with you. Best of luck <3

@ocdsucks awesome! I was looking for the random tag (i was sure there was one) but hadn’t saved it in my tags! I’ll do that now

He sounds like someone I know. I actually blocked him. You don’t owe any explanations to him if you don’t respond. He doesn’t need to know everything, even if he was your best friend. You don’t belong to him and if he’s making you uncomfortable then it’s not going to get any better. Trust me. I tried with this one guy, gave him couple of chances and the uncomfortableness did not ease away. I blocked him a few times and each time I respond back it got worse. He would want more. So if he’s texting you non stop everyday imagine after you guys hangout. He’ll be harassing you for the next meet up. He sounds like he’d be adding more problems for you. If you don’t have mutual friends then I say just block him. At the party try to stay with people so he can’t corner you and start asking you questions you don’t owe him to answer.

Solid no from me. Tell him your flattered and you think you would both better off as friends.

A big fat no from me too!

Hey, sorry I don’t have an answer to your problem, but please feel free to share should share your non ocd related problems, questions, and accomplishments. We made a group called random to encourage people to do so.

@papaya Glad I’m not going crazy! I thought it sounded SO sketchy but I was like “oh maybe I’m being paranoid” hopefully if I keep ignoring him he’ll go away. Thanks ❤️❤️

Are we allowed to trust our instincts?

He sounds annoying. I would just block him. I get paranoid about people who act clingy