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- 3y
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- OCD Conqueror
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reassurance for OCD is not good. it makes it worse. although, if you are sad or upset about something that's not related to OCD then it's okay. but it's a fine line and that takes self awareness.
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This is a good point! It depends on what the reassurance is about.
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If it’s ocd related don’t ask for reassurance. It may provide you with temporary relief but your ocd can you doubt what your boyfriend tells you and it may become a cycle of compulsively asking for reassurance and becoming more uncertain/anxious about your theme each time
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No, it’s reassurance and makes things worse.
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No don’t ask anyone for reassurance
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i feel like reassurance works better for those without ocd and i realized i have a bigger potential of having it when i questioned that reassurance more
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What's the context here
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- 17w
hi! i often fear im going to lose my job because i made a “mistake” (not really) that my manager caught and is waiting to tell me about or i fear im going to be kicked off the roster of a team im on for small mistakes that everyone makes. this often compels me to ask those people if i did good or not and gauge their reactions to see if theyre going to remove me and i fall into a cycle of asking and asking. how do you guys deal with these feelings / compulsions? when im flaring i often just spend as much time around these people as possible to gather “evidence” of their opinion on me, but then i get nervous that they hate me for being clingy. i also abandon other duties / tasks so i can spend time with these people to make sure they like me. what do you guys do? anyone else experience the sentiment?
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 15w
I thankfully conquered harm ocd but I’m going through a flare up with relationship OCD, which I never got over. I know how bad reassurance seeking is but I can’t seem to quit. I ask my mom the same question countless times and it never helps. I feel bad because she tries to help and prevent me from seeking reassurance but I drive her crazy because I keep asking anyways. And if I don’t ask her, I reassure myself in my head. How are we supposed to resist these compulsions fully if we’re so scared? It feels as if I’ll never be confident enough to trust my own beliefs, even when I recover in the future with ERP
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- 9w
Recently my ocd keeps asking me if I love my boyfriend enough and that if I don’t love him enough I should breakup with him. It’s really bothering me and idk what to do about it. Sitting in the uncertainty is too much and I fear sitting with it too long I’m just gonna crack and give in to a compulsion.
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