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Yess, more often than not however it is the latter. The best way to tackle this is simple. You let the thoughts be as they are. You do nothing, you accept them as they are, just thoughts”. No judging, no analysing, no seeking reassurance” What makes the thoughts worse is when you question them and ruminate over them. So my question for you is, when you have these thoughts, what would you do? What would a fly on the wall see you do?
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Thank you for your response! I feel like it’s so hard to get some genuine responses sometimes…I don’t struggle as much with obvious compulsions but mental compulsions have me completely shackled. I find it so hard to stop thinking. I’m constantly analyzing
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Yes! This is a tough one for me too, also agree thar getting genuine responses is quite difficult on this app. I think with the mental compulsions, it’s much harder ti detect when you are doing it because of the fact it’s become habitual and also because it’s not that obvious to us or anyone around us. I think maybe mindfulnes would be key to stopping it?
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- 3y
Although I have been fighting ROCD for a little over three months now, it feels like a lifetime but I know I’m still very early in my treatment. It gets very hard when I get in spots where it just feels hopeless. When I’m feeling “okay” I find myself scared of being scared again. Ya know? It’s like I want my normal life back so bad it’s getting in the way of any steps towards recovery I could take. I did catch myself using social media platforms on Instagram as a total compulsion. I was finding temporary comfort in post and I’ve broken myself if that for the most part but man. I just want to feel normal and be happy.
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Is this rocd??? I can’t stop worrying whether this is how I should feel in a relationship. For 5 years prior I never worried about this stuff. But now I’m just so anxious. I find myself looking at him checking to see if I find him attractive. And then when I look at him and dont feel anything I worry this means something … so overthinking I hate it .
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Hey everyone, I wanted to come on here today to just share this post because I’ve been struggling with this recently. I just wanna know if this is a common thing in relationship OCD. So last Friday me and my boyfriend had a conversation that was important, and my emotions were high and I got a little emotional about something he said and we had a long talk about it, the conversation went great and afterwards everything was okay. On Saturday I was so excited to see him after work and I was overflowing with feelings of happiness and excitement. Sunday was great and we stayed on FaceTime just enjoying the day together after he went home that morning, and then came Monday. I remember getting a thought like this, “What if I’m losing feelings for him and I’m just leading him on?” And even this thought, “I don’t really feel anything towards him right now, does that mean I fell out of love with him?” And then the anxiety came, I could literally feel myself breaking out in cold sweats and I could feel the pain in my chest after these thoughts crossed my mind. But what bothers me so much about this is on Saturday and Sunday I felt so content and happy with him and I was so happy and I didn’t have any anxiety whatsoever, and then Monday came, and I had those thoughts and I feel almost numb and I can’t feel anything else except the feelings of worry and fear and my anxiety has been at a all-time high and I keep feeling this pain of guilt and hurt in my chest and I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same. Because personally one thing I hate is that one day I can be so happy and energetic and then the next day I can feel numb and feel absolutely nothing towards my boyfriend. I’m not sure if this can correlate with my menstrual cycle as well, but I’ve heard that that can also make your relationship OCD worse and cause you to feel differently about your partner. Just wanting to see if anyone has dealt with the same!
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I just saw my boyfriend, and even though everything was okay on the outside, inside my mind it was a storm. I kept having thoughts like: “You don’t like him.” “You’re not feeling anything.” “You’re pretending.” “You don’t care.” And then, he said something sweet — something that should’ve made me feel happy: “We should marry.” And instead of warmth, I felt anxiety. A pit in my stomach. A voice in my head saying: “You don’t want that.” “You’ll never stay with him.” “If you really loved him, you’d feel joy.” And I hate it. I hate that I’m in this state. I don’t feel connected. I don’t feel clarity. I don’t even know what I feel anymore. I just feel… numb. And the worst part? It feels like I don’t even care. But I know I do. Somewhere, beneath all the noise and panic and obsessive thoughts, I care. I want to feel close to him. I want to stop second-guessing every word, every touch, every thought. This is ROCD. It makes me question everything. It makes me feel like I’m lying — even when I’m not. It steals the moments that should feel warm and turns them into confusion. If anyone else feels this awful mix of numbness, fear, and guilt — please tell me I’m not alone.
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