- Username
- nightrain23
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Yes, this is a big one for me. A true narcissist doesn't care and wouldn't even think to ask. A true narcissist doesn't care about anyone but themselves and always finds a way to make themselves the victim. And heaven help anyone who refuses to take their abuse or not give them what they want. They will never admit they did any wrong or apologize. I should know. I dated a guy briefly in college who was a narcissist and it was incredibly traumatic. Do you have a therapist that understands OCD and specializes in ERP? ERP helps so much.
Thank you for answering :). Yes I have a therapist and she told me that this what I wrote is a signs of ocpd. And I am sorry about your past relationship.
I do this
yes I have this too. I don't do it to the extent that you do but I have extreme anxiety about whether I'm a good person or not which is based off of what I perceive to be morally right or wrong. I have a really hard time supporting people/companies who have made big moral mistakes. I think this stems from a type of perfectionism. @lms526 is accurate about narcissism, you def aren't a narcissist. it's ocd & perfectionism maybe mixed with some other things.
Thank you for answering :) I have this too with companies which acted morally wrong. I find this really annoying because I constantly check site on Instagram to look if they are still morally acceptable otherwise I unfollow them
@Milan.G I saw your response to the other comment above & I also have OCPD so I'm sure this is a common trait among peeps like us
@McGonigal Yes a symptom of ocpd is that obsession with morality and trying do be a morally good person all the time but also expecting other people to be like that.
Does anyone elses OCD focus on ethical issues? And morals?
Does anyone else here have moral / responsibility theme OCD?
I’ve always been a huge feminist, anti-racist, anti-sexual assaulters, etc. Basically against everybody anti-human rights. But because my OCD has been trying to convince me that I’m a sexual assaulter, a pedophile, racist, etc. (basically everything that goes against my morals), it also tries to tell me that I should sympathize with people I used to be against. Sometimes I’ll read about, say, teens committing sexual assault, and in the past I would have firmly said “they need to be punished”, whereas now I think “well, what if they didn’t know better? I made a mistake when I was a teen; what if they thought it was okay?” I never say these out loud because I dont want to make real victims feel bad, obviously. And if I hear someone has been racist, I’ll think, “What if they’re like me?” I still believe we need to eradicate sexual assault, racism, homophobia, etc, but I can’t help but think I’m a part of the problem, so sometimes I find myself sympathizing with “bad people”. It’s really messing my mind up. I don’t know what to think. Does anyone feel the same way or have any tips?
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