Nickerino
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- 5y
hereforsupport87hereforsuppo...
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- 5y
Hey if it helps at all, my wife suffers from OCD and I have PTSD from military service. I joined this app to better understand OCD and how to help her when it gets rough. We've been together for almost 4 years now and there's up and downs but we help each other. You can absolutely be in a loving relationship, just gotta find someone you trust as well as feel comfortable talking with. Best of luck?
AMSAMS
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- 5y
Very. I struggle with OCD and my gf is extremely understanding and supportive. There are amazing people out there trust me
ravheallravheall
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Hey there! I have OCD and my partner doesn’t. Hes become such a great support system for me. We have a lot of open conversations about what I need from him and what I don’t need from him (reassurance) when I’m in a bad OCD headspace. I talk a lot about what kind of things I’m doing in therapy and he learns so much from that. My best advice is to just be open about it and let them ask questions.
hrosehrose
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- 5y
Yup! Me and my fiancé both have ocd and it definitely helps I think that we are here to support each other.
Where’sMySerotonin?Where’sMySer...
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- 5y
People with the same mental illness can find love with eachother, people with different mental illnesses can, and even one with a mental illness like OCD and one without! I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 3.5 years and he doesn’t have OCD but I obviously do. But he’s SO supportive and helpful and loves me through it and does literally everything and anything he can to help. He holds me when I’m having a mental breakdown and researches things and does so much. He’s so patient, especially considering most of my OCD attacks my thoughts and feelings about him. He doesn’t get mad at me, he just loves me through it
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Anonymous
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 11w
Dating someone with worse OCD
I’ve struggled a lot with mental illness (severe social anxiety, depression, OCD), but have done a lot of work to get to the great place that I’m at now. I feel like a different person compared to how I felt a few years ago. Here’s my question: I started seeing someone really important to me. We’re not official yet, but we’ve been in each others lives for years and it feels like it’s the real deal. He struggles with OCD, and it’s much worse than mine ever was. My question is, do you think this is healthy for me, as someone who has done the work to get to a better place? He’s not in therapy, he’s against medication (I love my meds — they changed my life), and is generally in a different place than I am mentally.
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