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- 4y
Thoughts like: - I’m a fraud - I don’t really love him - I’m a liar - I can’t be in this relationship - I don’t deserve this relationship - I’m a bad person for not leaving - I’m eventually going to have to leave Are all normal for ROCD. I’m guessing that when you’re doing things that you typically think of as “couple things” where you “should” be feeling a certain way are when they pop up. And the doubt that arises from having these thoughts can be very distressing and debilitating. This fatalistic idea that you’ve never really loved him and have to leave when that thought is intrusive, inescapable, anxiety provoking, and causes you to want to do compulsions (like mentally review your relationship, physically or mentally “check” your feelings, or leave/breakup to escape the uncertainty and fear) are what makes this ocd. People who don’t love their partners and want to break up don’t agonize over having these thoughts and feelings. They actively know what they do and don’t want. And then they have to make the choice of what to do and how to do it.
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- 4y
Yes :( my therapist hasn't diagnosed me properly though . In India they mostly believe that something is wrong with ur relationship. She says i have cognitive distortion and tries to tell me her experience of when she was in an abusive relationship and how she got out..... But I told her my relationship didn't have any red flags and it's not only that I have relationship doubts on such a par, I also get other themes. It sucks that she doesn't understand me. I only had video sessions with her given this situation. She took my anxiety text and she tells that it took her to something dangerous and she doubts the result.
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- 4y
@nimziewd I’m sorry you’re struggling to get proper help with ocd. Have you tried reading any books on ocd or buying an ocd workbook? It may give you a better sense of what’s going on and make you feel more understood. Unfortunately, ocd with mental compulsions are rarely understood by general therapists. OCD specialists are often necessary to get the right diagnosis and help.
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- 4y
@pureolife Exactly I didn't find any book in India. It was there on Amazon but unavailable as the dealer must be abroad.
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@pureolife Thank you :)
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- 4y
She says don't use ROCD word so lightly And it hurt me I was telling that my symptoms are like that and I never knew about it until I googled if my things were normal.
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- 25w
I realized I’ve depended a lot on my boyfriend for comfort through my ocd, and I’m starting to feel like even before my ocd I was paying more attention to the relationship itself more than him, or the attachment: even though I remember distinct feelings of me wanting to be with him forever, and feeling so happy and complete with him, time didn’t exist, I felt like my most authentic self. So now I’m trying to create a healthy attachment and see him as his own person, which was helping at first, but now it feels as if I’m seeing that I don’t actually love him for him, the thought of moving forward in life without him breaks my heart and I don’t want to but my mind keeps telling me that I want it because of the attachment. He’s the exact type of person and partner I would want but it feels like whatever I feel is not enough.. But I DO experience moments of affection and care and admiration for him but they don’t last long..before I started making this shift in perspective even with the ocd I was still so sure and confident in moving forward with him, I felt so much like I wanted to be with him for the rest of my life. But now that I’ve made this shift it feels like I’m seeing him from a whole different place. Like all those good and happy feelings I had for him are gone now and I don’t have any confidence in what I want anymore. Before I did feel confident that I wanted to be with him but now it feels like there’s this wall between him and me :( I want to be with him I know I do, because even now I still feel the desire to keep going, but I can’t see the future anymore or the confidence to keep going. I was never much of a future thinker, even in my personal life but this feels like added proof I feel like I’m alone in this like no one else has this situation and the chances for me to realize after I recover that I don’t actually love him are so much higher 💔
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- 25w
I am so tired of this. I feel ashamed of myself. I waited until it was late to post this because I can’t take it anymore. My boyfriend is at my house right now. We saw each other today—he brought me a bouquet of flowers, we went out, and then came back home. But I just couldn’t stop thinking that he was annoying me or that I couldn’t stand him, even though he wasn’t doing anything wrong. I felt irritated and distant the entire time. And when we got home, it got even worse. We ended up arguing because of how distant I was, but I couldn’t help it. All I could think about was that I don’t love him, that I don’t like him, that I’m a liar, and that I’m just pretending when I’m with him. I kept thinking that I’m only with him because I’m used to him and that I just don’t want to accept the truth that I don’t love him. When he hugged me, I couldn’t be present. When we kissed, I felt absolutely nothing. Nothing. He kissed me, and I couldn’t even focus or try to connect with what was happening—I just wanted to cry. I feel like a liar who refuses to accept the truth. I started going to therapy, but I’ve only had one session. My psychologist told me to write in a journal, to reflect on what role fear plays in my life and why I feel so unsettled. I wrote, “The possibility that my thoughts might be true.” But now I just think I’m lying—to myself, to my boyfriend, even to my psychologist—because I want to believe I love him, but my mind tells me I don’t feel anything. I couldn’t even sit comfortably with him, I couldn’t enjoy being in his arms—I just felt sad. I’m so scared that this is real. It feels real. I don’t understand what’s happening to me. I feel like I’m lying to everyone. Like I’m in denial. I don’t know how to do this anymore.
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- 13w
my thoughts are screaming at me telling me that i dont want my relationship anymore and that i realized i lost feelings. i have a beautiful relationship of two years with a beautiful boy that loves me dearly and i deal with this thoughs for a year and a half. Im so scared it feels so real im scared i have changed and my last therapy session made it worse she basically told me i have to realise the thoughts are true and stop lying to myself. And made me think i am so scared and heartbroken bc i put high expectations on myslef to be with my boyfriend for all my life. Maybe i dont want to hurt him??? im always questioning my feelings for him 24/7 for over a year. I wm tierd
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