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I get the same thing. It doesn't even matter how understanding the guy is, I always feel blocked. For me I had to do some self work before I could even consider seriously dating.
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- 3y ago
Do you mind sharing the self work that you did. I’m also going through a rough patch
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It can be so hard to manage the combination of OCD and PTSD. I know you must wish you were able to remain more present in those intimate scenarios. That is definitely something I’ve dealt with in the past. Sometimes when we are facing both diagnoses, we might have to treat them separately. You might consider talking with your therapist about potentially combating the trauma prior to doing the OCD exposures. Or doing smaller exposures and building up so you don’t find yourself dissociating. You might have to move a lot slower In those relationships than you May wish you could, but it’s important that you recognize the role trauma has had in your life and grant yourself lots of self compassion.
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- 3y ago
yes I also need advice on the self work, I am currently almost hopeless
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- 3y ago
Omg I relate so much. I can’t be intimate because I get paralyzed with fear..
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exactly same! I dont know or think if I could ever get better or be in a relationship, I dont know what to do
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@IzzFizz Same! I went to a therapist today actually and talked about HOCD and this topic, and I felt a little stupid for saying that to a therapist tbh, or embarrassing. I don’t think I will ever be in a relationship, I have lost all the excitement I had before when thinking about being in one, I rather be alone
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@girlwithocd.. did the therapist give you any advice? same I would rather be alone than constantly dissociated and having Relationship OCD get in the way
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- 9w ago
I cant afford therapy which is why i’m not diagnosed with ocd. The first time i had heard what ocd was truly abt was 6 years ago when i overthinking my sexual identity and it fit. Additionally, i struggle with debilitating health anxiety and when i was in a rlt i was extremely anxious that i might not love my partner. This is the third year i experience distress around my sexuality but this year it feels real. And it could also explain my rlt anxiety. Comphet is a concept that really scares me. I dont want to be with a girl. I would rather die than discover i was lesbian. I cant accept uncertainty cz i dont want to be homosexual. Chat GPT told me it wasnt ocd + the thoughts dont distress me anymore. I experience 3 intense weeks of anxiety prior to now. Maybe its internalized homophobia. Maybe its comphet. I do find women to be attractive but i dont wanna be with them. Maybe i’m in denial. Idk anything anymore. I’m remembering times where i would find an actress attractive and try to shift my focus towards the man cz it would make me anxious. I’m not well at all.
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- 8w ago
My psychologist tells me because my thoughts are based off of facts/ broken boundaries which is why I am having thoughts of am i in love , am I settling , and feeling guilty I should let him go to find someone who wouldn’t doubt him that I do not have rocd. She states rocd is intrusive , irrational thoughts not based off of real facts and I may have ptsd not ocd. He kissed someone else before we were official and he finds a certain type of female attractive that I find disgusting . So I spin about these issues all day long to the point I’m so unhappy with him and had to break up . It’s been over a month now but I’m still severely anxious and depressed The thing is I can’t stop thinking about this 24/7 with severe anxiety and depression and nothing is helping me . Can someone please tell me their thoughts
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- 7w ago
So I’m really struggling to believe that anyone will want to be in a relationship with me and still love me when they find out about my pocd and intrusive thoughts. I am holding a belief no one can love me with this condition and they will be repulsed by me when they find out. I just don’t know how to shake that feeling and be brave enough to try and share with anyone I’m dating.
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