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Yes
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Most definitely
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Oh yes definitely.
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- OCD Conqueror
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Definitely yes
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Even if l don't feel comfortable telling him , and l don't think he will understand what I'm going through and slow down my recovery
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That someone wants you both to get married you said. Do you also want to get married? If you do, yes you must share with them. Do not fear the consequences of sharing about your ocd (assuming you two love each other). They will eventually find out into the marriage anyways, best to just share it now rather than later. Understanding may not happen over night, but hey at least you're not carrying around the burden of not sharing with them. If there's love, understanding will come.
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That sounds like a tough situation, so maybe you could find a way to explain to him what you’re going through and what you need. Maybe also give him some time to process everything. This is something you and he definitely need to be on the same page about.
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Yes, I think it would be best to!
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I think it’s a personal choice.
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I think you first have to ask yourself how YOU truly feel. If you love this person and want to spend the rest of your life with them and you trust them and they are a safe person (assuming they are if you want to marry them), then yes - part of being in a relationship is being real and vulnerable. But if you don’t feel the same way about them or you aren’t necessarily ready to commit to that level yet, I think you are allowed to set emotional boundaries and tell them when and if you are ready to make that commitment. Also - you don’t have to divulge everything at once. If you’re unsure how he will react or afraid he’ll slow down your recovery, then you could start by asking him questions like “how would you feel if I had a mental illness?” Or whatever you were comfortable with asking. See how he reacts and if he is understanding, keep going. That does sound hard though - and that is just my opinion - I hope it goes well whatever you decide to do!
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For those of you in relationships with ROCD, do your partners know of your diagnosis. I am new to treatment and new to this avenue of mental health. I am generally pretty open and honest with my partner about things but the dark side of my mind I keep hidden. I’m scared to tell him about this if I’m diagnosed. And I’m scared that if I’m diagnosed and something real does go south in the relationship then my diagnosis will be used against me.
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- 22w
I posted the other day about my subtype of staring ocd but I’m supposed to start a new job next week. I work in wellness/beauty and will be seeing people half naked. It doesn’t trigger me as I’m treating clients but only when I’m not supposed to be looking (like normal interactions). It happens when people wear very revealing clothes or are super curvy and my eye goes to that area. It also happens when people are adjusting themselves and my eye goes to their hands. It’s very embarrassing and I quit my last job because of this and I don’t want to make more people feel uncomfortable. It left me very depressed and hopeless. It’s such a frustrating type of ocd to deal with because it impacts me financially and socially. I just want to feel okay. Anyways, I’m writing this because I’m wondering if I should share with my new employer about this issue so I don’t weird anyone out or keep it to myself? I’m not sure what to do. I need money as I have a mortgage and two kids and would like to help my husband. I’m currently on Zoloft 50mg, have done therapy but this is such a hard type to treat as it’s not the cleaning type. I know I’m not supposed to ask for advice about what to do but I need to know so I can make a decision and not get cold feet.
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At this point of my life I barely have compulsions, barely let them control me, but recently I have realised my OCD is still keeping itself alive by holding me back and making me avoid stuff since I cut compulsions. So I don’t do compulsions but I avoid. And when it comes to SO OCD, I avoid dating. I am in the age where it’s the most common thing to do, I have friends who are getting married and I still haven’t seriously dated my entire life. If I date I date to marry. But it’s making it even harder. My brain tells me I can’t date to marry or date at all because no man will accept the possibility that I am bisexual or the fact I might have intrusive thoughts over sexuality. Worse than that, what’s actually holding me back is the fact that in one of our dates I know I’ll have to bring this up. And what if the man will start to get stressed over it? What if it’ll be too much for him and he’ll leave? And worse-tell the people that know both me and him all the personal things I told him about me having SO OCD? I can’t do this.. I don’t want to do this to myself I don’t want to let go of this secret to any man who can just leave me because of it at any point.. that’s what’s holding me back from dating.. and I want to be brave, I want to just go for it, I want to let it go but am too afraid I am just selling myself and my darkest secrets out there for men who can cancel me at any moment. I gave up on dating… it’s all too complicated for me and I have this voice in the back of my head telling me maybe I wasn’t born for it. Maybe I wasn’t born to get married or be in a relationship, maybe I am not good enough for all of this.. and then OCD adds its own stuff.. maybe I am gay and dating would be lying to myself and the men I date.. too much responsibility..
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