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i saw somewhere from an ROCD counselor that love isnāt always just a feeling, itās also a choice, and this advice really helps me when i suddenly get scared that i donāt love my boyfriend. because i know i truly do love him so much but when i donāt feel it 100% sometimes it doesnāt mean i donāt love him anymore
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^Exactly this
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Iāve been with my girlfriend for almost 2 years and trust me, as an ROCD sufferer, you do not need feelings to stay in a relationship. If I went off feelings, my girlfriend and I would have broken up so long ago. Itās the fact that I choose her. Because no matter what, feelings come and go, and you donāt get to control them, but you do get to control who you love. And thatās your choice. Stay well my friend
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Thank you, its so hard to deal with OCD especially when its about your relationship :(
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I donāt have ROCD but following what Iāve experienced from SO OCD, OCD can make you lose feelings. It can make you feel like youāve lost attraction and feelings to people you want to be with. I highly suggest you try to overcome your ROCD first. If you can get better, it becomes easier to know what is real and what is fake. Then you can make a decision. I just donāt want you to make a decision youāll regret because of OCD brain.
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What is SO OCD
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@Anonymous Sexual orientation OCD
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I see you are looking for reassurance! I commented on you previous post last night about your relationship. I think the best thing to do is ask for advice from your family and friends or a therapist if you have one. Dont look for answers from people online, especially from reddit posts, because those people dont totally understand or know your relationship. Especially if this is your ROCD talking, it's best to not seek reassurance on this app! š
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I'm trying to find a therapist in my area but don't know if they do ERP, it says CBT
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Yeah if u don't have any feelings for him what kind of life is that?
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just letting you know thatās really harmful to say to someone who suffers from ROCD
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Donāt reply if you donāt know anything about ROCD
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But really think it through love
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I feel like Iām falling apart. Iāve been with my boyfriend for 2 years. Heās kind, loving, supportive ā and I know he loves me deeply. But I canāt feel anything anymore. I sit next to him, and I feel numb. I kiss him, and it feels empty. I remember how I used to feel, and now⦠nothing. It terrifies me. The worst part is that I donāt even know whatās real anymore. I constantly question if I ever loved him, if Iām just forcing things out of guilt or fear. Sometimes I imagine breaking up, and I feel nothing ā and that scares me even more. I keep thinking: if I really loved him, wouldnāt I feel it? Iāve read about ROCD. I want to believe thatās what this is. But the thoughts feel so real. And I canāt stop spiraling. My therapist didnāt help ā she made me feel like maybe I was lying to myself. My mom either tells me to stop overthinking or gets angry. I have no one to really talk to. If anyone here has been through this ā through the numbness, the āwhat if I never loved him?ā thoughts, the feeling like itās all fake ā please tell me how you got through. Iām exhausted. I just want to feel peace again.
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I know itās long but plz read :( have been having really bad ocd about my relationship and my partner and it has gotten worse and worse over the span of like about nine months Iād say. I do acknowledge there are flaws and legit issues about him and the relationship like there are with anyone but I also know ocd has clouded my judgement and perception by analyzing everything and compulsions. For a while I kept feeling this need to get out which I know was ocd. I was really scared to spend the weekend with him because I thought I would just be annoyed and irritated cause itās been that way for a while but he also was going through a period of high stress so maybe I was resenting him for that and I also wasnāt communicating how I should have been when I was upset because Iāve done that too much in the past. This weekend I was told in therapy to just be in the moment and not have to worry about trying to answer the question of do I love him or should I break up. It did help but Itās weird cause this weekend ended up better but I also was kind of numb? Like I was enjoying myself but didnāt feel what I always have felt in the past? Anyway, I am really anxious because i feel like if I loved him I would be supportive of when his parents compliment him or when he does well at something when instead all I think of are that Iām not happy or annoyed because of things he does that upset me or make me mad and itās like thatās the only way my brain wants to see him as a person. Or when he is upset it feels like I donāt care like I used to because I think of how he doesnāt deserve this when he does this or he shouldnāt have this when he is like this etc. Why does my brain automatically go there? Thatās horrible! I feel like I should be excited for him, rooting for him. But it also feels like I do care for him? But my thoughts keep changing. I am afraid I only am with him because I love that he loves me and how he treats me. This makes me feel selfish cause I canāt do that. I notice I still like when he cuddles me and is sweet to me and does fun things watching movies etc. And thatās not how it used to feeel which scares me because I donāt want to be without him. I also love his parents am I only with him cause of how his parents treat me? I feel so selfish and like I have to tell him and break up with him cause itās the right thing to do. I never used to feel like this. Iām scared. Is it possible Iām just Iāve been mad and resenting how itās been cause heās been stressed mix with my ocd? My therapist said relationships can go through phases. Can I fall back in love with him again? I feel like I have to try to start with someone else like this is too far gone. I donāt want to stay in something where I donāt feel toward him the way I want to but I really donāt want to leave him. I feel like such an awful person cause he doesnāt deserve this and is so caring and loving despite everything the major thing that bugs me is how he gets irritable a lot which is an imperfection that makes me get anxious and question himš trying not to read into this and just follow what the therapist said but this is scaring me because I feel like if I loved him I wouldnāt think like this or feel like this.
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I have had ROCD in my relationship for a while and Iāve always been having the feeling do I break up so I not but even with the anxiety I still felt love and knew I didnāt want to be without him. But now it feels different. What scares me is it feels like I could actually see myself wanting to date someone else because of qualities he doesnāt have. I keep seeing him as overall bad. For more context he is caring, generous, we are very similar, but have different communication styles and talking issues out is hard for him. He also can be irritable easily, he doesnāt like talking things out that much and thereās a bit of a maturity difference which I know is sometning that can grow. Lately I feel like when Iām around him I am just frustrated with how he is acting like when he does something that upsets me like makes a joke about something he knows isnāt funny and bothersome to me, heāll say sorry but then end up doing it again. Even though I know he really does care about me which I know it feels like he only cares about him doing wrong like he doesnāt want to do wrong instead of actually wanting to fix my feelings being hurt cause when he asks if Iām upset and I say yes he will get upset and try to be defensive and it makes me feel he cares more about being wrong. I also have had less empathy toward him which really scares me because I am a very empathetic person but I am hoping itās just cause of bad ocd and built frustrations. Also, I do know cause he has told me and Iāve seen it that he always wants to impress his parents and not make them mad because they pick at him the minute he does wrong. This is probably why itās hard to talk things out but lately I have been feeling like I canāt say anything cause he will just get more anxious or shut down or not want to hear it. Anyway, what makes me anxious is it feels like I donāt feel anything anymore and my brain is saying the only reason why I get anxious thinking of not being together is because I hate change and cause he is the first person Iām with. But I keep going back and forth. Itās so hard to be around him now. All Iām trying to think of is evidence that I still love him or the good things about him. Iām really afraid this isnāt ocd and that it has just morphed into it just isnāt working anymore. Some feelings like less love feel real but also ocd gets in between everything and itās so fuzzy. I am afraid deep down I really know. My brain keeps saying I canāt be with him anymore cause I canāt be with someone if I feel like this about him. Meaning if I donāt have empathy for him cause Iām frustrated or whatever and if all I can see his bad even though I know there is good. It also says if I was with someone else that was a little nicer or could talk things out or whatever imaginary scenario in my head I wouldnāt feel like thisš and I love the family and it keeps saying Iām only staying cause of the family. And some of this Iām like wait that might be true and I have to rest and review and Iām exhausted. And one minute I want to leave the next I donātā¦.im worried the only reason I am with him is cause of how great things were or cause he loves me and not me loving him.
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