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This is a really common fear for those with ROCD
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This is me too. And then itās like well maybe Iām just using OCD as an excuse and I really donāt love my boyfriend but then if I didnāt love my boyfriend Iād be okay breaking up with him so since I feel this immense sadness over it then I do love himā¦and repeat lol
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Over and over and over
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@Anonymous_Schmal When this happens to me- I tell myself would I put myself through this if I didnāt care? Iāve had enough relationships end and Iāve walked away from but something is keeping me here, in this one.
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@Shannon Unfortunately I feel that has become a compulsion and no longer does the trick ā¦.ugh so sucky
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@Anonymous_Schmal It is hard, super hard. I think I get a handle then it comes back but ultimately, I decide and part of me (even it is so quiet) wants it and thatās what Iām fighting for.
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You should go check out Awaken into Love's Instagram. They made a post a while ago about resistance and healing/growing with ROCD. I found it helpful and comforting. I had that same fear before starting therapy, it still comes up every once in a while, but it's not so spikey anymore.
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This is me every day :(
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I keep having this overwhelming thought of "I need to break up with her," however I really don't want to. It causes me so much anxiety when I try to fight the urge to the point that I'm bed ridden and unable to work. Is this normal for ROCD or am I just fighting my actual feelings?
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Right now I feel like Iāve realized something awful. Like maybe⦠I never truly loved my boyfriend. Maybe in the beginning I was just excited to be in a relationship. Maybe I confused that excitement with real love. And when the intrusive thoughts started, maybe it wasnāt ROCD ā maybe it was the truth hitting me. I write this and it feels real. Thatās the scariest part. It feels calm and clear and like maybe Iāve just been lying to myself all along, holding on because I āshould,ā not because I truly want to. I canāt remember how it felt to love him ā and that makes it worse. I feel so disconnected, so numb, like nothing makes sense anymore. Every time I try to feel something for him, it feels like Iām faking it. Like Iām playing a role, not being myself. But the thing is⦠Iām not at peace. If this was really the truth, why does it hurt so much? Why does this ārealizationā come with panic, guilt, emptiness, and so much fear? I donāt want to hurt him. I donāt want to lose him. But I also donāt want to keep living like this ā doubting myself, my feelings, and my past. I feel like Iām stuck in a cycle I canāt break, and Iām scared Iāll always feel this way. Has anyone ever felt like this before?
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for a few days now Iāve been super anxious about my relationship. Iāve been anxious about it before but lately itās been worse than normal. Iām in a very healthy and loving relationship, I love my boyfriend so much and he treats me so so well. The only thing is that Iāve been having scary thoughts that what if Iām lying to him and donāt actually love him? What if I donāt find him attractive? And like what if the only way to stop being anxious is to break up with him? I donāt want to leave him and I am so scared. I feel like Iām lying to him by not telling him whatās going on because he might think Iām actually going to leave him, which Iām really not going to. I have had anxiety since before we started dating and incestual and sexual ocd, then I got into a point where I started having religious ocd, and now I have ROCD on top of that I think. Iāve never been diagnosed but Iām going to therapy and figuring things out but Iām so scared. Idk what to do and I feel like if I talk to anyone theyāre going to say I have to leave him.
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