Anonymous:,(
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HorizonHazeHorizonHaze
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I am and my partner knows. He's extremely supportive and tries his best to help me during my journey through therapy... I still think I'm a terrible person and I'll ruin his life, but maybe that's just OCD talking. He knows my previous stories with abuse especially as a child, we've grown together for 10 years... I'm surprised he didn't run away.. but nope.. he stayed strong...
lilfroggylilfroggy
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This makes me very hopeful for the future. I hope that I find someone who will understand that these thoughts aren’t me, they stem from my trauma as a child as well.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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I’m sorry about your trauma I hope you heal🥺💗 . I’m so worried that I’m ruining his life :(
huntyhunty
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My husband knows, he is super supportive.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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I’m glad🥺💗
LiamC1LiamC1
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hey! my partner does know about my POCD, and is very supportive of it. it wasn’t easy telling them, but i felt way better after. even though they’re supportive sometimes i feel like ‘oh no i’ve fooled them, they think i’m not a pedo.’ and i hate that thought… so that gets difficult sometimes.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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I just started with intrusive thoughts and it’s super scary and upsetting and I haven’t been myself lately because of this reason. He’s really worried that I’m just going to be depressed forever. And I’m not sure what to do
ilahiilahi
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Well my partner knew about all of the other types of ocd I have, so i had already explained the concept of it and he understood right away.
lilfroggylilfroggy
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This is something I am curious about as well, because it seems like such an unachievable thing now for me as well bc of my pocd as well.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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I’m in a relationship and I told him and he just laughed and told me thoughts are just thoughts. I told him it isn’t curable and he kinda got in an upset mood. And I’m not sure if I should break up with him so I’m not a burden to him
lilfroggylilfroggy
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@Anonymous🤷🏽♀️ I wouldn’t make any quick decisions yet, but it is important to talk more with him and maybe try to show him some educational material so they might be able to understand a little more. It’s hard to explain to others how an OCD brain reacts to things compared to someone’s who brain isn’t controlled by OCD.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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@Anonymous Thank you I will try to explain to him. I mean I’m stilll learning as well. It just started and it’s really hard I’m not myself and I don’t know if I’ll ever be the person I was before 😪
lilfroggylilfroggy
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@Anonymous🤷🏽♀️ I don’t know if there is ever a possibility to be the person you were before and I don’t mean to say this to scare you in any way. But OCD is a part of you now just like how it recently became a part of me as well. I wish nothing more than to go back to where I was before, but that isn’t how life works. We just have to keep going constantly changing always. We learn to adapt and we find those people around us who love us and will never think of us in the way that our brain is trying to make us think of ourselves.
Anonymous:,(Anonymous:,(
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@Anonymous It’s hard I feel like I’m always in my head and that I’m not allowed to be happy. I just hope I can actually be happy and not be so depressed. I feel like I don’t know who I am anymore:(
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