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Hello, I'm not English native speaker too, soo Reassurance seeking it's one of the forms of compulsions, which keeping you stuck in ocd cycle. You don't need to fight your emotions or thoughts. You need to accept them, but accept not the content of these thoughts, accept that these thoughts can be here, with you, and it's okay to be with them, they mean nothing. Instagram pages which can be helpful:@withawakenintolove, @forloveweheal, @rocd_hopehealfeel.
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A little bit more about asking for reassurance:if you asking questions here while you feel anxiety, this is most likely a compulsion
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Can we be friends?
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Thank you so much for your comment! My therapist tells me to talk about my feelings and thoughts cause I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. But now I feel like it's not serving me well. Should I talk about it with my therapist? Maybe I should talk about my feelings without asking questions to get reassurance?
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I think that therapist who specializes on ocd know how to ask on your questions without getting reassurances
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@xqrsljk Not ask, reply****
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@xqrsljk Or answer* sorryđ
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@xqrsljk Yeah I think so too!! I'm not sure if mine also specializes on OCD. But I will defo talk to him about it. Thank you so much for the help â¤ď¸
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@xMewr You are welcome :)
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Sometimes I get really upset with my boyfriend and I canât tell if Iâm not having my needs met or if itâs my ROCD questioning things. I canât express that Iâm upset because he rlly doesnât understand what is going on in my head and most times I bring it up itâs turned into an argument. It is really frustrating does anyone have any tips on deciphering this stuff or dealing with the upset feeling/ bad thoughts (IE: âHeâs cheating on me and thatâs why heâs not texting.â) (IE: âHeâs talking like this because he just doesnât love me, and heâs not attracted to me. He clearly wants to leave me but doesnât have the heart to do it yetâ)
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Hi, I'm 17,about to be 18. I've been struggling with these thoughts for the past 8 months. I was wondering if someone experienced ever the same because I feel im "different". BACKGROUND: (I'm not diagnosed with Ocd but seeing a local counselor) About 9 months ago I cheated on my boyfriend with this guy S (who blackmailed, manipulated and molested me). Since then when I realized that what i did was very WRONG and so I started ruminating picking apart every single interaction and telling my boyfriend, i tried to remember every single detail because otherwise I felt like i was being a fraud and hiding things to save myself, i had many crisis about it because I had also what i think was false memory ocd. My boyfriend forgave me idk how tbh I still wonder. CURRENT STRUGGLE: Months ago I was sure I didn't wanna S in any way and i was sure even when everything happened. For the past 2 months tho I've been having thoughts like " Do I love S?" "I love S" "S is hot" "Would S find me hot?" "What if I want S?" " What if I don't love my boyfriend enough?" "What if I secretly want S?" "What if I see my boyfriend as a friend only?Do I?" And I tried testing my reaction to intimate scenarios with S, I'm scared I like it i dont really wanna love S or have any secret attraction, I wish I didn't have any of this and I want to be sure of my feelings for my boyfriend because I know I wanna be with him and I see a future with him like he brings me comfort. But a part of me keeps trying to convince me otherwise. Sometimes I think I'd rather die than have these thoughts. Im so scared of not being able to control my feelings, im scared I can't resist S and its giving me anxiety and making me cry. Sometimes when i think of those sexual scenarios with S or I get those thoughts my mind tells me to smile because i like it because I find it funny. It makes me doubt myself all over again. Like I'm always like I need to test if I'd feel aroused to intimate scenarios with S, lately im trying to fight this urge to test and test but my mind is like "just do it this once so you can be sure. I can never watch anything romantic or sexual or whatever because my mind would be like "you and S" or sometimes I'm just enjoying time with my bf and im like " yes we can just have a sneaky cheating thing thats ok" and it makes me want to figure it out to find an answer a solution because idk it just does like I need to find the meaning of it if it means the truth and all. Im worried im just an awful person and these thoughts just ruin my quality of life . Today i had a crisis where i ended up doinf swlf harm, I'm so scared of finding someone that's not my boyfriend desirable or sexual appealing or whatever it is, I also have bodily reactions when I try to imagine and test my reaction to scenarios. Now i keep groing everytime and I dont know why but i have this sensation and I dont want to havebit especially when its something S related. Does someone experience the same thoughts? Am I alone in this? Is this ROCD? What should i do?
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me and my girlfriend since we started dating we be only had one problem, and that is my fear of everything of losing her of her cheating, and itâs all caused by OCD. my texts are massive and i get worried i know i love her and she makes me calm i know i love her. we had a conversation yesterday and basically she said that she feels suffocated with my texts and my fears. she went on trip were she doesnât have her phone. and yesterday i spent the entire day crying about her. my head is filled with intrusive thoughts. and last night i got so stressed that it seemed like the love went away or i couldnât remember the love, but itâs impossible because i was crying about her yesterday. this struggle my relationship is having is making me so stressed. pls give me advice
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