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How do you know that it is ROCD? I just don’t know how to be sure about what I have..
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I said “omg” because I relate lol. I can tell because I obsess about how I’m feeling and I overthink about whatever he is doing that makes me upset. I definitely recognize that I sort of exaggerate the situation in my head. Like if my bf is being annoying or he says something that I don’t agree with ill freak out internally and sometimes have a thought like “this is why we’re not meant to be together” instead of just being like “I don’t agree and feel upset” and let it pass. but once I come down from the anxiety I can rationalize that everyone has their differences and the aggravation is temporary and it doesn’t have to “mean” that something is terribly wrong (+talking through any annoyances or disagreements openly with your partner could help in a nonjudgemental setting)
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I have OCD about my girlfriend cheating on me so these thoughts make me very irritated at her and even angry. Which scares me
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Thank you! Just there is a thing that people who don’t love their partner are also annoyed by him/her That is why I’m afraid to have this thoughts Intimacy is also hard for me, though
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Omg. I feel like getting annoyed is normal for every human. But my rocd definitely makes it 100x worse or it triggers me to feel I should break up with him because I get so aggravated. I know it’s the rocd but it’s like ugh why
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Right?! Like there are articles everywhere talking about what it “means” if you feel a certain way about your partner. We’re always told to look at the signs. (I stopped reading them or I just use them for ERP purposes now) It can be extremely confusing to have these ideas thrown at us while we’re trying to deal with rocd!!!! no existing relationship is perfect, and human emotions are messy!! Hang in there. If you don’t mind me asking, how long have you been dealing with rocd? (No pressure on answering this if you’re not comfortable)
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- 6y ago
Thank you so much for helping me with this! I suppose around 4-5-6 months in this relationships, but I had ROCD before them twice...what about you? sometimes I have these thoughts, sometimes for a long time I don’t have them fortunately
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- 6y ago
Of course! It’s so easy to feel crazy and alone (I know that from myself) I’ve had mine for around the same time in my current relationship! My rocd has come up in almost all relationships (except for my first but it was bad haha). Yeah it’s always a blessing when we get a good day or a day where there’s a lot less ocd stress.
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Oh God I feel the same thing about my husband!!!!
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Sometimes I ask myself “did I do the right thing getting married to him? Do I really like him?”. Sometimes I don’t feel any emotions towards him, I just get bored or idk what this is, and idk what to do about this! Sometimes in my head there’s a thought that is quite constant for me, which is “if I think I don’t like him, would I be able to cheat on him? Omg what if I feel like doing it!?” And I get really sad and upset at me and just wanna be alone. This is happening right now
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It seems to me that we are too focused on the feelings we have and whether they are right or wrong, whether they are enough instead of feeling them..
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my therapist suggested that some of my less bad rocd intrusive thoughts are actually mine, and not intrusive. She ended up taking it back when she saw the alarm on my face and saw how panicked I got. I feel really freaking anxious. We were only talking about it because I mentioned a lot of doubt surrounding those less bad ones, but it only filled me with more doubt. I don’t want those thoughts to be mine. I really don’t. I feel scared and so discouraged after this session. I feel scared about the worst thoughts, what if those aren’t intrusive. I feel so much doubt.
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Idk what else to title this. I was watching a film cooper video cuz why not and he mentioned smthn about wall paper customization and icons and stuff and I just kinda had a groinal response followed by the memory of me having my first crush on a woman (my friend at the time) that helped me figure out that I’m bi and I felt kinda intensely for her but that’s cuz a) it was new and b) we were kinda on again off again friends who haven’t spoken in a few years now and I’m over her entirely. It was toxic I think. She was too much like the person who bullied me in elementary school (they were friends as well so my mom made me cut her off which is. Fair. Made me really sad but eh that’s life) I saw her at prom cuz someone brought her. It was nice to see her but yeah that was it. And now I’m mentally comparing what I felt for women in the past (idk intense crush, listening to a lot of gay songs (think she by dodie) dressing semi masc cuz funky, we had nicknames for each other despite not dating or anything) to men (less intense crush but still big crush, I’ve only dated and kissed men so sparks rhere) and now I’m just slightly nauseous and worried that I don’t like men as much as I like women but I think that’s normal for any bi person? To have different levels of attraction to different genders? Idk I feel gross and icky now like I shouldn’t even be thinking about it or her cuz I have a bf. And I do look fondly upon it, now I’m nervous cuz I got more excited about her calling me a specific nickname than I do from my bf calling me honey even at the beginning? Honey felt more traditional and I love it but we do switch around nicknames and it’s always nice, not many butterflies anymore, and sometimes I get anxious when he does lately, if it’s a nickname in Portuguese. Or if he called me a shortened version of my name. What does that mean? I’m nervous now. I was doing half decently today now I’m nauseous again. I’m worried that cuz I liked the nicknames she and I had that means I don’t like the ones my bf and I have and that I just don’t like him or men cuz I’ve been feeling off around him. But I love when he calls me honey, it still feels good when he does it now but no butterflies. Idk what’s wrong with me. Is it even ocd at this point. Even if I do like women slightly more it doesn’t erase that I love my bf. I’m worried I’m leaning too much towards women tho and I’m a lesbian. Idk if my bi cycle is cycling or if I’m just a lesbian entirely cuz I don’t feel much when my bf takes off his shirt, sex feels different, and things feel stale and slow. But maybe that’s cuz I’m checking and comparing. Now I’m anxious fuck. I’m trying not to think about her idk why. I’m worried I still find her attractive or am attracted to her or smthn. She’s in my city. I didn’t care before but now I do. Or if I think about her I’ll think about other women and will only want to have sec with women which not really tbh. I wanna be able to enjoy sec with my bf. It just hasn’t felt right lately cuz I’ve been so depressed and obsessive. I wasn’t obsessing much last night when we had sex but it still didn’t feel passionate. It didn’t feel uncomfortable but I thought it’d be more? Idk. I know it’s normal to not feel him inside me cuz the vagina isn’t very nerved up compared to the clitoris but it felt like more the motions. But tbh. I needed it. Idk I wanted to have sex and it was a nice stress relief. I just didn’t feel butterflies which kinda bummed me out but we’ve been having sex since august so that’s normal. Idk. I haven’t been able to fantasize about sex. The fact that I’m bi makes all of this so confusing. Cuz yes hypothetically I can enjoy the thought of sex with a woman. But I don’t want to rn cuz I’m dating a man. And I can’t fantasize about sex with him cuz I’m getting intrusive thoughts about my friends and I having sex. I have this urge to watch porn cuz it’s been a while but I’m not going to. I’ve cut down a lot on masturbation. Partially cuz this partially cuz I wanna do things with my bf (when I’m mentally ok) but jow my brain is saying “Oo you think all these women are so hot you’re gonna go feral blah blah blah” and yes women are hot but I don’t wanna have sex with a woman. Idk saying women are hot doesn’t bring me anxiety but the thought of sex with one or leaving my bf and saying I’m a lesbian bother me. Cuz I know it’s not true. I love him I know that. I’d be happy if we stayed together. I wouldn’t regret a thing honestly. I like having sex with him. Idc if it’s not like porn or the movies. As long as I’m being pleasured and he’s being pleasured we’re good. That’s what sex is about. I think the loss of butterflies is normal cuz the excitement of like (sorry tmi) fingering and oral eventually wears off right? But still feels good. I don’t feel as excited about intimacy anymore cuz we have done it so often but it still feels nice. But my brain perceives that as me not liking sex with men and therefore I’m gay. No I just don’t feel the need to jump his bones every single time I see him?? Idk the friend thing is bothering me. Idk if I feel any joy behind it. The groinal response really really throws my perception off
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- 13w ago
I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?
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