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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?
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Very. I struggle with OCD and my gf is extremely understanding and supportive. There are amazing people out there trust me
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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.
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Yup! Me and my fiancé both have ocd and it definitely helps I think that we are here to support each other.
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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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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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Hi guys, This is my first post on here, as I’ve been scared to be vulnerable in this way. I’ve had a lifelong journey of mental health, diagnosed with a myriad of things, and misdiagnosed with others. When I got diagnosed with OCD, things started to click and treatment has been going well. There’s still a disconnect, things I do that are different than others and aren’t compulsion or obsession related. The reason I’m posting is to ask if anyone has been diagnosed with OCD/Autism and how you navigated that comorbidity. Thank you to anyone who shares
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Soooo I’m over here just trying to make it to my next NOCD appt before breaking things off with a guy I’m getting to know 😞 it’s hard for me to tell if I’m having genuine concerns about compatibility, or if I’m spiraling into OCD. How the heck do I date someone and not consider compatibility? But I find myself going into fight or flight mode, or feeling like I need to make a decision immediately after a date, or ruminating about it all throughout the day, trying to figure out if the concerns are valid enough, if I’m settling, if I’m about to give up on something that could be beautiful…. Whenever I write out all my concerns, they don’t really seem like that big of a deal, or seem like things we could talk through. The biggest concern for me is whether we are compatible in the sense that talking comes easy or we feel comfortable around each other. But we’ve only been on 3 dates so it’s hard to tell. Things are still awkward sometimes. I am also autistic and this complicated things with how I socialize. So I told myself “just get to your NOCD appt in a few days and don’t make a decision til then. You can talk about it with them then.” It’s only my second appt tho, so I’m not even sure what they discuss at appt#2 and if we’ll have time to talk about it. I guess I’m just getting this off my chest right now and I appreciate this community where I can be honest 😔💛 (Added TW because I’m not sure if it would be for others)
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