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- 6y
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My OCD coach tells me this there is no validity to these thoughts they are all OCD. These thoughts prevent me from dating because I keep thinking who would want to be with me, when there are so many perfect looking girls everywhere else. I think about this day and night and cant even work cause the thoughts are constantly there. I guess in a way I am bringing this on myself with the constant compulsions, such as looking in the mirror everytime I pass one and cover my love handles. I feel like I'm using this app for reassurance, but I guess its nice to know others are suffering the same way
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They are definitely related. This is one of my main themes and causes endless hours of mental compulsions and overthinking. Also Instagram does not help
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Not at all!! I constantly obsess over other girls who I think are prettier than me and such and I zoom in and out all over their bodies and faces and stuff in Instagram for hours. It’s awful. I even deleted my Instagram last year because it got so bad. It would do it to all the girls my boyfriend is friends with. I ended up redownloading my insta. And I still do it today. I just don’t know how to not.
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- 6y
Everything you guys are talking about sounds exactly like what I feel, and yes i do think its nice to know other people feel the same way!! Wish I could make all of you feel better but I can't even help myself lol
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- 6y
Yep! This is called Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
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- 6y
I read that they aren't necessarily related but a patient primarily diagnosed with bdd is most likely to also be diagnosed with ocd, as some specialists consider it to be in the obsessive compulsive spectrum
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- 6y
All I know Is that it is seriously ruining my life cause I keep wanting to get liposuction but then I think what is that going to solve? I am always analyzing girls that the gym and comparing myself and girls on Instagram too with zooming in. :(
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- 6y
This is so real and so bad, I feel like I can't stop obsessing over my image and I always wonder if people see me the same way as I see myself and if they do they must have a horrible impression and it makes me pick on my skin all the time, I can't look at myself in the mirror without picking
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I know exactly what you mean, I always compare myself to other people and think how lucky they are for the type of body they have or the perfect skin and it makes me cry all the time and I also feel really guilty because of this jealousy but I don't think badly of them I just wish I could admire myself as much as I admire them
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- 6y
I relate to this whole thread omg.... I literally end up in tears. I hate going to the gym cuz I just look at the other girls. I hate girls on Instagram FOR NO REASON simply because I obsess over how they look. It’s awful. I don’t like being a jealous mean person but I feel like I am because I’m always obsessing over it.
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I’m definitely going to bring up BDD to my therapist next time we meet
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Me too, was just reading about bdd and ocd and if they are related somehow because I feel like this all the time, specially because of skin picking
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- 6y
Are they related?? I’ve always wondered if I have it or not. I feel like one day I’ll look a certain way then the next day I feel like I look TOTALY different. And I’m particularly sensitive about my weight. One day I may post a picture of myself where I feel I look nice and stuff and then a day or so later I’ll look and get embarrassed that I posted it. And I look at pictures of myself back when I was at my smallest and I just remember how at the time I looked at those pictures and in the mirror and thought I was HUGE when in reality I look at those pictures now and think about how tiny I was.
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- 23w
I have been really battling with my SO OCD, and I’ve recently started to have a ton of wins!!! I’m really excited about it, but as I’ve noticed myself not engaging as much… different things have popped up. Now im obsessed with people’s perception on me, and them looking at me and thinking by how I walk, how I talk, what I wear, how I move… that I am gay? And am so convinced everyone thinks that and “knows something that I don’t”. Is that typical with OCD? If so, any ERP advice on how to overcome these thoughts?
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- 18w
my OCD is doing what it does best and it’s randomly selecting themes. Once I’m not scared or react to one it bounces to another. And then i temporarily forget all of my coping skills for that theme. Rn it’s fixating on the time I had a panic attack and it’s trying to make me have one again
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- 17w
Themes constantly switching. I’ve been suffering with real event ocd the last year and am currently in therapy treating it. it’s nowhere near as bad as it was last year and it’s felt like a nice break. there’s days where it gets bad but i can’t compare it to the stress of last year. However i’ve noticed every time i overcome a theme a new one hits me out of nowhere. i’ve suffered with ocd since i was 9, and ive had multiple themes. i’m in a 2 year relationship with my partner and it’s amazing. she’s probably my second proper relationship due to the fact my first relationship gave me so much fear to get into another one as i was cheated on, and needed a few years to get over that. i kind of guessed that ROCD would creep in at some point as it just felt inevitable. anyways, i know my partner is not cheating on me, she’s beyond loyal, we are so so in love but i think due to that first relationship i had, being cheated on really messed with my head. it’s like my brain is telling me my partner has someone else even though i know in my heart nothings going on, and i trust her with my life. i also think because im in the happiest relationship of my life, anything that would indicate loosing her makes me feel sick and riddled with anxiety. and i know that’s completely normal for everyone. i think the most frustrating thing is, is knowing that my OCD has finally crept into my relationship which is something i never wanted it to do. this is a brand new theme and i have no idea how to treat this. i will speak to my therapist but if anyone has been through this theme and any advice in the meantime i would really appreciate it :).
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