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And played virtual online games to distract myself and joke around/mess with people
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From anxiety ^
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Take deep breaths. OCD makes us confused in the head, so your OCD is likely trying to make you believe you did something that you didn't.
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Hey so I completely understand this and I have this theme :(. I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Reach out to me if you need anything, I’m open to talk if need be.
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I know a couple of things I did that were screwed up . I had a male online friend and lied he was gay because I was scared my bf would be mad (ex boyfriend trusma induced) and I would send him tik tok videos asking if I looked bad or fat . And one time I said my boobs looked good as an off hand comment. But my bf was fine with it , and forgave me . And wants me to keep talking to the guy because he would help with my anxiety and I had a friend to share things with (I don’t have many of those) how can I contact you btw through this ??
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@Emmy56777 Truama* my ex would scream at me if I said hey to another male
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I had this exact same theme for literally years. That is my original theme that got me diagnosed with OCD. I would also get time lines confused and confessed every single time. I remember trying to remember every single second of every single time I had ever been drunk and when I obviously couldn’t, then my brain would tell me I had suppressed a cheating memory. It was hell so I completely understand how you feel. My therapist here NOCD would assign me ERP homework every week. That includes watching clips of people cheating on each other and resisting the compulsions of rumination and reassurance. I would also write down my “memories” in great detail and read them multiple times a day until it became boring to my brain. I’m so sorry you’re going through this. You can beat this.
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Thank you , I have chatted with a lot of people online and been in anxiety groups I’m scared I cheated there even tho I mentioned my bf over a thousend times . I joke sexually sometimes and get scared that’s cheating or try to give guys girl advice/help them etc etc . List goes on . And I’ve never been in a healthy relationship before so it’s hard to know what’s right . And I’m so scared of messing up none internationally . I haven’t left the house since last October . And it’s just been really hard .
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@Emmy56777 Your feeling are 100% valid. It’s scary to wonder if you’ve cheated. It’s a scary thought. But that’s all it is.. a THOUGHT. There’s no proof. Tell yourself that maybe you did cheat or maybe you didn’t. Try to sit in that anxiety without ruminating or trying to figure it out. What helped me was telling myself that if I did cheat then I’d take accountability and face the consequences when there is proof. It’s been over a year and still no proof. Check out Ali Greymond on YouTube. She’ll help you find a way out of this. “Ali Greymond cheating ocd” should be a good search. Best of luck my friend. You’re stronger than you think.
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Ive been having terrible irrational thoughts that Ive cheated and don’t remember. Like the guilt made me repress the memory and im actually an awful person and someone’s gonna expose me. I know it’s not true and I love my boyfriend more than anything but i feel so guilty for something ive never done. its been making my life so difficult and i dont know how to explain it without sounding like im covering something up :( Its making me think that I need to break up and i don’t want too, but the guilt and anxiety is eating away at me. I feel like I need to get better before I continue on or i’m going to permanently ruin everything with my mental illness
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I went out 2 years ago with some friends and I can’t remember some of the night - we went to a house party and my friends say nothing happened but I’m so afraid that I cheated on my partner and don’t remember it. It’s consuming my every minute and I can’t let it go. I was reading up on false memory ocd the other day and it triggered me into thinking what if something I imagined happening actually happened and I don’t know what to do and I’m scared that because I imagined something a certain way that if it wasn’t the same thing I imagined that it must be true
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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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