- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y
How do I know if my obsession really is ocd or If im lying to myself about a past intention
So I havenāt been diagnosed with ROCD but Iāve kinda self-diagnosed myself because of my repeated thought patterns and my way to escape them by searching for answers online (āsigns I love herā or taking ādo I love her or am I attached/codependentā quizzes) and asking loved ones how they knew they were in love. But recently I started to question this symptom of ROCD, wouldnāt someone in denial about loosing feelings for their partner do the same thing? (try to look for reasons that they do love their partner) I started to feel emotionless and apathy for my partner around the 3 month mark but as we grew closer and had real and emotional talks I started to regain my feelings. But sometimes when we are cuddling iāll get this sudden emotionless feeling and it gives me anxiety. (It also scares me to think this started at the 3 month mark due to the 3 month rule phenomenon I see on social media) Our relationship has always been soo healthy, I really love my girlfriend and I know it but Im not to sure if iām actually āIN LOVE.ā I sometimes get intrusive thoughts about her looks and feel like im in love with her physical potential rather than how she looks now and that feels so wrong but donāt get me wrong either I still still think sheās beautiful regardless of how she looks. I love everything else about her like her personality, kindness, generosity, and loyalty. Sheās my first girlfriend so I donāt know how to distinguish between loving someone and being in love with someone. I also donāt know how to or how it feels to move on from someone after so many emotional/special moments with them and the thought about starting a new relationship makes me feel uncomfortable and is just something I donāt want, hence the feeling that I might just be attached/codependent. I feel so uncomfortable when thinking that if we break up I might never see her again and weāll never get to rejoice in sharing these emotional, special, and beautiful moments. I want it to be her that I spend the rest of my life with so badly but I feel like my mind is stopping me from picturing a future of us together even though thatās what I really want. (writing this sentence^ I got the intrusive thought of āare you sure thatās what you really wantā and now iām questioning myself) I also canāt help but feel this intense anxiousness in my chest and an inner gut feeling/voice telling me to break up with her without any reason other than because I have a strong feeling she isnāt the one. I havenāt acted on this feeling because In the case that I do have ROCD I know this gut feeling/intuition cannot be trusted. I also read, in the case that I do have ROCD the way to treat it is to endure the anxiety and face uncertainty but I feel like there is no uncertainty about my relationship. I feel 100% safe with her and that she wonāt cheat on me, so why do i feel like this!!! I donāt want to endure this anxiety forever, Iām so confused! Iām currently looking for therapy to help decipher my feelings correctly and see if Iām experiencing ROCD. But according to what iāve explained.. Is this ROCD or DENIAL about losing feelings?
I was diagnosed with OCD around the age of 6, subtype- contamination primarily. It calmed down as I got older and I assumed it had gone away, but also didnāt realize it can show up in other ways, and it still had been effecting me which I know now. Iām not 31 and Iāve been in therapy for a year and itās helped a lot, although I sometimes get thoughts that what if some of the stuff Iām dealing with isnāt ocd and Iām exaggerating. I feel like thoughts will feel sticky and Iāll do certain compulsions but then the thought eventually vanishes if I do it a few times which makes me think maybe itās not OCD since other people/friends I know would probably do the exact same thing. Not sure if Iām making sense, but I guess my question is if that thought comes up with anyone else? Just being unsure if something youāre doing actually is ocd or not.
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