- Date posted
- 3y ago
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes it can be very stressful. I do my best to let these thoughts float by.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I totally understand this and struggle myself. I have a wonderful husband who loves me so much, he’s never done anything wrong at all and yet my brain is constantly checking for danger, “ what if he’s cheated in some way” “ what if he ever does cheat”. I also know that reassurance doesn’t help and yet I constantly need it. Would love to hear from someone who’s managed to over come this type of ocd theme.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Omg this is exactly me! What can we do to protect ourselves and stop feeling this way? It is a constant torture to live with these thoughts. Our everyday life seems so difficult. From the moment i wake up these thoughts come back and feel so horrible. Will we ever be alright and overcome this horrible ocd???
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes it’s there every single day. Some times worse than others. I’ll work my way through one thought and it’ll then be replaced with another. I don’t understand what my core fear is. He’s never done ANYTHING wrong! It’s totally irrational for me to have these thoughts. Do you seek reassurance from your partner? I try to do it less and less but I still have the thoughts and sometimes I just have to give in.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes that’s exactly it, asking for details, analysing etc. At the beginning of this journey he answered my questions and reassured me all the time. Then we both started to see that no amount of reassurance was enough, it didn’t work. The more I’ve learned about ocd I’ve shared it all with him so he does understand but there are times where it causes arguments because ocd can be very selfish and relentless and especially when it’s not getting the reassurance it craves. I try not to give in to that urge and he’s good at pointing out what’s happening when I do. The thing is the thoughts come anyway even if I don’t ask for reassurance. It’s so tiring I’d swap it for any other theme.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Sometimes i feel so guilty and embarrassed that i ask him to answer questions and push him to tell me things. I think it's very difficult for him no matter how hard he tries to understand. I have analyzed him what ocd makes me think and do. Sometimes he understands fully but other times he feels tired and gets furious listening to my insane thoughts and assumptions. There should be an informative guide for partners of people with ocd because they also need support and information in order to stay healthy and help their loved ones.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I suffer from the same problem and it is totally devastating. I have awful thoughts and doubts all the time and I feel so bad and depressed. It's like my mind wants or needs to have these thoughts in order to feel ok. It seems like I have a trouble making mind that wants to feel anxious and worried all day long. You are not alone in this
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes i seek reassurance many times. I ask him over and over questions about details trying to analyse facts. It's like my mind wants me to believe he is doing bad things against me even though i don't have a clue. How does your partner react to your issue with ocd? I think it's really difficult for them to understand how big our problem is.
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes that’s right, there should be. Have you had any therapy at all?
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I started sessions with a psychiatrist but her help and advice felt general and not gone too deep to find my roots that cause ocd. I think that a psychiatrist should ask detailed questions and help each client in a personal way. Did you get any therapy?
- Date posted
- 3y ago
I had a course of CBT which helped me understand what’s going on with the ocd etc but I think the gold standard treatment is ERP which here in the UK doesn’t seem to be used as much.
Related posts
- Date posted
- 22w ago
You know when you have weird thoughts about a coworker and because you have OCD these thoughts really stick and you panic and feel sick? Yeah that’s me and I’ve struggled with having intrusive thoughts about my coworker and now he just got in a relationship with my coworker and my intrusive thoughts are WORSE I thought they would be better? And initially they were because I was relieved that he couldn’t be weird with me now because he has a girlfriend. But this is the thought that i cannot get over- my OCD is like you’re jealous that he doesn’t like you and he’s not with you instead and i envy this girl he is with. Why the fuck am I having these thoughts while I’m in a healthy relationship and love my boyfriend to DEATH- like I know he is my forever. I couldn’t look at him today because I’ve been obsessing over this thought I’ve had in work and now I have to find a new job I hope no one will judge me for these thoughts or maybe someone has had this weird thought before? :(
- Date posted
- 20w ago
I’ve just recently found out that Relationship OCD is a thing. I feel like I relate but it also feels like relationship trauma. I’m in a fairly new relationship and I keep telling myself that things are going great, we are good, he cares for me, but does he? There’s this unbelievable amount of self doubt that sits in me because of what my ex did to me many months ago. I kept getting told that I do too much, i smother, need constant reassurance, then got told that I don’t care enough, the things I do aren’t enough and that I’m not enough. I feel like I am waiting for the day that I get broken up with because of these “problems” just so I can be proven right at the fact that I should be considered unlovable. I go through this every month around my period because I get so emotional and nervous that I stress over the idea that he doesn’t like me. How does someone continue a relationship with Relationship OCD? How do I explain it?
- Date posted
- 12w ago
I'm 18, and been in a relationship with my man for nearly 2 years. I started living with him around 2 months ago, and all I do is think about if he's cheating. We were long distance for a year and a half of our relationship, maybe seeing eachother once every month or two. I decided to move in with him, and ever since all I can think about is if he's cheating or watching porn. When he's in another room I think he's doing something wrong, I have to check on him every ten minutes to ease my anxiety. I didn't have this problem before moving in. Granted he has talked to some girls on his phone, even having his ex on his phone (didn't do anything bad) and he is porn addicted though he is getting better for me. It's gotten so bad I want to leave him. A couple days ago I broke up with him and it absolutely broke my heart, I couldn't bare it so I gave him a month to show me he can do better, and for me to work on myself. If I'm still unhappy with us I'm going to leave. I love this boy more than anything. I'm scared to be without him, this is my first real relationship. At this point I refuse to even sleep until he is sleeping. I don't want to start over, I don't want to leave him, but I really can't take this pain it's causing me. It's all I think about. I've convinced myself so many times that he's cheating, but I know he wouldn't. I question whether it's anxiety or intuition. Maybe I just know deep down he really is cheating and I just don't want to believe it. I don't know. I don't think he would do that, but at the same time he's really into women. I hate that he looks at other girls in a sexual way, it bothers me so much, and we talk about it often, but with it being an addiction it's difficult. He has gotten a lot better since we have talked about it. He understands I have an issue and is usually happy to talk about it over and over and promise me over and over that he's not cheating. He allows me to have his phone whenever I want and everything, I have no reason to think he's cheating, but I can't get over it. It's not fair to him either. How do I deal with this? How do I stop hurting so much?
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