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Im in the same boat as you guys currently. Im going through a big issue in my relationship and my spinning off of OCD and i feel like my girlfriend will break up with me for a mistake i made
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Same here we just got out of a rough patch and im worried im going to suddenly lose motivation
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@PinkLotus Lose motivation in the relationship ?
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@OCD-PROOF Yes , I dont want that but I'm worried I will since we're long distance.
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@PinkLotus Hi PinkLotus. Since you're in a relationship, there are some ROCD videos on YouTube from Awaken Into Love that you may find helpful. But a caution would be to not seek them for reassurance, but for guidance.
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@kory.rozich Thank you! I will check those out, I truly want things to work for my partner and I.
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Hey Jessica, I'm going through a breakup and struggling with my OCD as well. I can't stop the intrusive thoughts about my ex, can't stop crying at each thought, and my desire for certainty is unbearable. You're not alone.
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What does sitting with the discomfort and not "figuring it out" look like for you both? I'm only in week 2 of this and feel like I'm doing it wrong. I just sit there with the thought and then continuously cry about it. I tell myself that this is a painful thought, a hard thought, and it may or may not be true. But my OCD comes in and tells me it's going to become true if it isn't already. Do I just stay the course? I'm looking for support but am scared that this is reassurance seeking.
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It takes time i fought two themes of OCD. I kept doing things that benefit me like eating right, sleeping 8 hours, Excercising. Right now im going through a break up i think. Last year i emotionally cheated on my girlfriend didn't tell her until now because i felt wrong and Terrible about jt
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@OCD-PROOF I'm sorry to hear that friend. The pain is very very real. I hope that there is reconciliation for you and that you're able to work it out with your partner. Would love to walk with you in this. You too, Jessica. If only because I feel so alone.
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@kory.rozich I keep getting spikes in HOCD as well. So im giving my girlfriend and myself space to build
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@OCD-PROOF The space I'm sure is terrifying. My ex and I have haven't spoken since the breakup 2.5 months ago and since starting ERP, I feel like I'm back to feeling 10/10 as shitty and desperate as I was after the breakup. My anxiety and OCD are going crazy with the thoughts and narratives. It's not an encouragement for me yet, but we will get through this. You've done it before!
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So we broke up a month after my ocd diagnosis. I went through so many levels of pain and grief. For the most part; I feel at peace with us not being together. But he has a girlfriend now and I happened to see that the other day. So I’m not sad that we aren’t together and I don’t want to be with him because it wasn’t good for either of this (though we adored one another). The issue is that I struggle with obsessions surrounding beauty and body image (not BDD). So I keep having intrusive and painful thoughts surrounding my beauty in comparison to hers; what if I’m not beautiful enough etc blah blah blah. I don’t actually believe these things but the thoughts are so loud as well as the anxiety surrounding them. It makes something that would be mildly sucky become horrible. So I’m doing my best to resis compulsions, allow the thoughts to come and go (not agreeing, disagreeing or figuring them out) and walk it out. I know it will pass eventually it’s just painful.
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Hey Jessica. That sounds painful and hard to deal with in general, even worse when adding OCD on top of it. I'm sure there are others on here who have or are going through the same struggle, but either way, you can get through this. And you're not alone.
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@kory.rozich Thanks Kory 🙏❤️👌
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Does anyone have harm OCD related to recent events? Like events that just happened or happened not long ago? I feel like my OCD is trying to find something bad/immoral I could have done in nearly every situation that I am experiencing, for example “Did you just do that?”. And I constantly want to check, ask people for reassurance, try to find a logic answer by going it though in my head,… It’s many different themes but all related to doing sth bad/immoral (e.g., touching someone inappropriately, pushing someone in front of a vehicle, putting something in a drink/food). Does anyone have the same? Or the other thing that I experienced recently is that I did something (a rather unimportant action, not harming anyone) and I go over and over it and ask myself “why did you do that? What does that say about you? Are you actually a weird person?” It feels like I draw “false conclusions” from a real event… I don’t know if that’s OCD though or not. Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same. Good luck to you all! We’re not alone in this! 😊
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so I need to get back into ERP, but it’s so hard to manage these thoughts and learn to deal with them. like I swear my mind has to make everything about it. Like every time I clean my room, my mind’s like yup make sure it’s clean so when your parents find you, or something so stupid like if I get a headache, my mind convinces me that I like the pain and that that’s why I get my thoughts because I actually want to do it. It’s so exhausting. Because I know I would never want to take my life and I treasure my life so why does it do it to me? It’s hard to comprehend the fact of these thoughts too because I don’t know many people with this exact theme. It’s such a scary feeling. And I’m constantly questioning whether I have actual depression or if it’s just my OCD. Yes I have been diagnosed with suicidal OCD, but my mind still tries to convince me otherwise. I just don’t know how to let these just sit and pass without panicking.
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Does anyone have any advice for how to know the difference between ocd and real feelings/thoughts? Sometimes an intrusive thought will come in and I immediately know it’s ridiculous and I can just leave it alone and it won’t bother me but other times I really really don’t know. It’s when ocd hijacks and twists my real feelings and thoughts and tries to manipulate me into believing they’re something they’re not or something that doesn’t align with my true morals or intentions. But since it’s twisting and mixing with real feelings I get so confused and scared. Everything gets jumbled and I feel like I can’t trust myself or my own mind. Yet other times and other topics I can laugh off and push away just fine. Make it make sense. And then I start to think well maybe I don’t have ocd at all and I’m just in denial because I don’t want to accept that these scary/concerning things are true about myself. Or maybe that’s just the ocd talking.
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