Does anyone deal with a false memory of cheating on their partner? A couple years ago I drank an amount of alcohol ( one corona) that would not have been enough for me to black out and not remember anything but I am convinced that something might have happened that I just can’t remember because I was under the influence. The more I try and stop analyzing the more my mind places imagines / sensations in my head convincing me that I must tell my partner, does anyone have any advice of how to stop reacting to the thoughts or even what I should do in this situation?

I don’t but this is extremely common

super common false memory

Have you told your partner? I don’t know what the right thing is to do

hi! is this in response to me?

Yes

I believe that telling your partner is a compulsion. As much as you want to tell your boyfriend, don’t. It will give you a second of relief but not worth it. I have definitely “confessed” to my partner which ends up in him reassuring me, and we should avoid that with ocd. I’m not a professional whatsoever and I’m hardly good at dealing with this myself, but I hope this helps. Remember that OCD attacks the things you really care about.

@mbr omg sorry, i meant partner***^ i’m used to talking about this in context of my boyfriend.

Thank you for responding, I honestly think my bf would break up with me if I told him because he doesn’t believe I deal with false memories and stuff, that makes me think I should tell him even more :/

ugh :((( my boyfriend is understanding because we have been dating for 2 years and he is used to it lol. I haven’t told him anything in a while so i feel good about that! i know how hard it is, if you need to talk im here!

@mbr Thank you I appreciate that, I’m not much help but I’m here as well if you need to talk to someone who understands it