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- 5y ago
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- 5y ago
Yes. Sometimes I feel that I have to keep myself safe by not working in an environment with other men or even being around them without my husband. I’m scared of what would do or feel. I know this is avoidance but it feels so real. Then I feel guilty for thinking that I could think I could do that ?. So hard but hold on for better days!! There is light at the end of this tunnel!
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- 5y ago
Mines been really bad lately too :( I feel guilty over everything. I’m always worried, what if I cheat. Just thinking about the possibility of me cheating makes me feel like I’m cheating. Then at work yesterday my whole department in the office took a group picture together and when I saw the picture I felt like I was standing to close to this other guy and I was so worried that meant I was going to cheat on my boyfriend with this guy at work. So I threw my copy of the picture away even though it was a nice photo and I know there was nothing wrong with it.
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- 5y ago
I'm sorry to hear that
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- 5y ago
I've had women flirt with me and try to give me their cell numbers back when I was working at a gas station. I would always tell them that I was happily married even though I wasn't. I mean I love my wife but she always puts her family first and me last. I've always put her before everyone else including myself along with my dreams and ambitions. But what really hurts me is that she doesn't understand what I've given up so she would be happy. I've sacrificed a lot for her. It feels like I'm in a emotionally and mentally abusive relationship.
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- 5y ago
I had had this theme since October! Mine only ever happens when alcohol is involved
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- 18w ago
I’ve said and done so many hurtful things growing up, especially in elementary and middle school. I was very passive aggressive and mean for a majority of my life, and I’ve hurt peoples feelings. I’m no longer like that now, but every single thing I’ve ever done wrong replays in my head constantly, from the moment I wake up to the second I go to sleep. I know I deserve to feel the chronic guilt and shame, so I feel even more guilty pitying myself. It’s eating me alive, I’m so scared. I know people must hate me, and they have every right to. feel like I don’t deserve to have moments of happiness because I’ve taken that ability away from someone before. I’m not diagnosed, but this has been going on for years and I’m scared to talk to anyone about it because I fear they would look at me differently knowing I’ve hurt someone’s feelings. I feel like a monster. It’s ruining my life and I don’t know what to do.
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- 15w ago
Feel guilty for not giving into compulsions like rumination and confessing? I feel guilt for having an intrusive thought, trying to shrug it off or just giving it a few seconds of thought and moving along. This sounds like improvement but I still struggle with the anxiety and the guilt. The shame. I’ll be okay and then I’ll remember I have OCD and my stomach will drop and I just want to curl up and cry.
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- 9w ago
So i play in a band, and we were having practice, and my girlfriend was there listening to us, then this girl around our age walks in, and my head tells me to cheat on my girlfriend with her. I know i would never do such a thing. And it bothered me for days. And i ended up telling my girlfriend, and tried to explain my ocd. It hurt her and she believes that the instrusive thoughts, are my thoughts so in that, i must feel something behind them. And she feels hurt because i explained to her the obsessive part of ocd and how this thought wouldnt leave my head. And she got upset knowing that i was constantly thinking about cheating on her. I cant help but feel its all my fault. And now that she doesnt understand i feel really guilty for my thoughts and they are coming more often and worse. When i was fine for months, but my ocd always acts up right as i get in relationships, then i usually tell my spouse and tell them i cant feel guilt for my thoughts or they will get worse. And they usually just accepted it and it was easy. But with her it seems she just cant seem to understand, ive tried to explain it to her countless times, she isnt willing to do research with me to help better understand it or anything. Maybe for my first ocd issue telling her that wasnt the best idea.
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