I have a huge problem and I don't know what to do. I think my OCD is starting to affect every single area of my life. I started obsessively thinking about basically everything and it makes me really worried. The other day my mind made me think that my boyfriend is cheating on me without any reason. He's perfect and has never shown any signs of disrespect towards me, but for some reason my mind made me believe that he's cheating on me and he's a bad person. Deep down I KNOW it's not true, but it feels like my mind purposefully wants me to be miserable and alway finds something for me to obsess over. I'm afraid it's going to negatively impact my relationship and I really don't want that, he makes me so happy. Have any of you experienced that? Do you have any advice for me? Thanks so much to whoever reads this❤️

hi! i’m sorry to hear that, i feel you. ocd takes over a lot of things in my life as well. my advice is to reach out to an ocd specialist if you are able to. they can help you so much and you can really benefit from it!

Thank you very much! I'm already trying to find a specialist that can help me. I hope you get better too!

I totally relate to you, have been going through the exact same thing. Even thought he has been my best friend for years and he’s never given me a reason not to trust him, my brain puts so much energy into convincing me that he’s cheating, that he’s a horrible manipulative person who wants to take advantage of me. It becomes overwhelming because I wish so badly that I could trust him and my distrust in him hurts and exhausts him. It seems like the thing that has damaged us most is my compulsion to ask him about whatever it is I’m obsessing about. Even though I know it’s not logical, I ask him if he’s cheating on me, or bring up my fears to him. He used to be much more patient but has started to lose hope that I’ll ever trust him. I didn’t realize I had ROCD until like a week ago, and being able to communicate this to him has helped him better understand what I’m experiencing, and he’s been willing to work through treatment stuff with me so we can really try to fix this and give it our best shot. Sorry for the long post, but hopefully it will help a little bit, even if it’s just to know that you’re not alone! I hope that you can heal and have a beautiful relationship.

thank you!