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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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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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- 23w
For the past 3 months ish I’ve been struggling on and off with this anxiety and fixation over my relationship. To wondering if i still have feelings for an old friend, wondering if i actually love him, wondering if the thoughts are all real and im just trying to cover it up with ocd. It sucks, when im talking to my boyfriend i feel fine. The words i love you and talks about the future come naturally. I can’t imagine myself with anyone but him. But this constant rumination on my relationship is KILLING me and I’m scared it’s going to ruin what i have. It makes me numb and disconnected which therefore makes me believe the thoughts even more. They just feel so real sometimes and it’s so scary like why can i not just enjoy it. We’ve been together for a while so i know there’s periods of like feelings ebb and flowing but this is so much more. It’s just constantly sitting on my chest with anxiety. My compulsions are coming on this app, looking at photos of us and confessing it to him. He’s very understanding and helpful. I love him so much. I just need help / I’m also just starting new meds as well ..
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- 19w
I feel like my Rocd has become more sophisticated. It’s made me feel as if my healthy loving boyfriend is this terrible person. Or I’ll be thinking to myself like “I love him”, and in middle thought I get “no you don’t”. It’s convinced me that our values and beliefs are just TOO different (we’ve only disagreed on one thing in our relationship, but we talk it out). It’s like my ocd is clinging on to every reason why I should break up, like I don’t want this anymore, even tho I do! It’s frustrating. And the idea of doing erp terrifies me. Because I’m afraid if I do erp statements, that I’ll agree with them. Can someone give insight
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- 15w
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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