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- 3y
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- Date posted
- 3y
It definitely sounds like you're in the middle of an OCD cycle. Many of us on this site, myself included and very recently, have been where you are. Let me start by assuring you that the things you're worrying about aren't real, it's OCD feeding on your greatest fears and insecurities. I think you already know this but when you're deep in it, there's no thinking your way out of it. In fact, the way out is to not think at all. Second, you will be fine! At this point, it might be a minute by minute process but be as patient as you can with yourself. If you're like many of us, it took a long time to get to this tricky point and it's going to take time and work to get out of it but it is worth it and you are strong enough. OCD plants uncertainty in your mind and then feeds off of your inability to accept uncertainty. The ERP therapy you get through this site teaches you how to accept uncertainty; that's what takes the anxiety away. Until then, it's okay to feel confused and helpless so show yourself some compassion - you deserve it! If you need to, use the S.O.S. feature on the app and know that you're not alone in this.
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- 3y
If anyone could provide ideas as to how this feels - PLEASE DO. I'm battling mutile compulsive behaviors and my heart rate has skyrocketed.
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- 17w
Tmi warning I was being intimate with my bf and I kept getting the name of someone else pop up, but I didn’t feel anxious. Afterwards, as much as I tried to delay confessing, I couldn’t help it. I confessed. My bf was fine he said I probably didn’t feel anxious because I’ve gotten used to the anxiety and it’s okay, it doesn’t define me any more than it would if I was anxious. A few minutes later, he got upset and said that the confession kinda ruined a blissful moment. I’m so upset that my head feels so turbulent I didn’t even notice it was a blissful moment for him and could’ve been for me. I feel so awful. I haven’t slept in a day, I can’t stop crying. My bf is afraid that because this specific name keeps popping up, it might mean something and he feels less than sometimes because of it. I know I shouldn’t have confessed but I felt so safe that it was like a dam broke loose. I feel so awful. What’s worse is that I’m still scared it means something, I’m scared that my boyfriend’s fear is right. He’s very understanding of OCD and how it manifests in me and everything, I think I just kinda messed up a sacred moment and I feel so much guilt and confusion and just horrendous. I’m not even fully anxious. I don’t know what to do. I apologized a lot but I feel like I don’t deserve him and so selfish
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- Date posted
- 15w
I often feel like i did something wrong even tho i am positive i didn’t, my boyfriend and i have been together for like 6 months and i’ve been completely loyal to him the whole time but recently i’ve been feeling the need to confess that i cheated on him even tho i didn’t and there’s absolutely no proof that i did something even close, i don’t talk to other men and if i do my boyfriend has full access to my phone and it’s usually a friend or me asking a simple question but i still feel the need to confess even tho i’ve done nothing wrong🥲 someone please help it’s so confusing
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- 15w
I often feel like i did something wrong even tho i am positive i didn’t, my boyfriend and i have been together for like 6 months and i’ve been completely loyal to him the whole time but recently i’ve been feeling the need to confess that i cheated on him even tho i didn’t and there’s absolutely no proof that i did something even close, i don’t talk to other men and if i do my boyfriend has full access to my phone and it’s usually a friend or me asking a simple question but i still feel the need to confess even tho i’ve done nothing wrong🥲 someone please help it’s so confusingggg
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