- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 1y ago
Self care
From this app, I got reported for asking for reassurance. Sorry guys. That wasn’t great. I will try to do better for self care
From this app, I got reported for asking for reassurance. Sorry guys. That wasn’t great. I will try to do better for self care
It's okay if you take one step backwards as long as you take two steps forward :)
I think I've been reported for reassurance in the past. Don't apologise as we all make mistakes. Just see it as a gentle nudge and reminder to focus yourself in a healthier direction. It does get better if you know how
Oh I see. So it’s not like you got reported for a violation or to authorities or something sinister like that. It was just letting you know that you were seeking reassurance and that is the entire point of ERP is to not seek reassurance. I wouldn’t take it in a bad way. Maybe re-examine your post and see if maybe that’s what you’re doing and try to learn from it and to work through the ocd induced anxiety.
@Confused on how to help Yeah I just realized even though the other posts having seeming reassurance, that post specifically got reported because a person commented a harmful response to me underneath. So the app warned me not do it again so that my ocd won’t worsen
@Ishil *seeking
What does that mean you got reported? By whom and to whom?
@Confused on how to help My post got reported by this app
TW:Self-Harm I really felt like I was doing better. I messed up tonight. The ROCD thoughts became so overwhelming. I couldn’t stand it , I was breaking down. I was having thoughts of SH myself just to make the thoughts stop. I gave in and the thoughts did stop. But I feel so empty. I feel like I failed. I relapsed after years of being clean from SH. I don’t want my girlfriend to know and I feel so much shame. I don’t even know why I’m posting this here.
please ignore the typos its hard to type right now. fir context me and my partner are both 21 and have been together for well over a year now. a situation happened with my partner and it felt bad, but i verbalized my discomfort with what happened and we set boundaries and over time i made sure to emphasize that boundary. its just to ask before anything sexual even just grabbing my breast or butt. He's gotten better at remembering or immediately stopping and asking if he forgot for a second which i appreciate and see as a progress of breaking a habit that i was okay with previously but wasn't anymore. the other night, he was sitting on the ground while I was standing and didn't have pants on and was on my phone for a moment and he licked a little bit right below my stomach and I moved him away and got upset because he forgot to ask before hand. He apologized and recognized right as i moved him away that he forgot to ask before and he made sure that i was aware that he recognizes that he is in the wrong and gave me space to talk with him but i felt really bad and scared about if what just happened was assault or not. he feels awful, and i have an ocd theme centered around the worry that he has SAed me and it was really getting to me. He encouraged me talk to a hot line for mental health, as well as open up to my mom about the situation since she's experienced SA and I trust her to be there for me and protect me. She said she also truly believes he had absolutely no ill intent and crossed a boundary on accident, and i agree, but i still feel so bad and feel the need to figure this out and what to do next. i don't know how to navigate this and what if that means that I can't move on from this and if that means I shouldnt be in this relationship anymore. I want to talk to a therapist about how to navigate this but I have no access to one and won't for months. this feels awful and so scary. i feel distant and different about my future with my partner and I dont know if I can get past this or if i should. I also was groomed when I was younger and I guess im also scared of being naive and too trusting of someone again. but the fact that my partner encouraged me to talk to other people about this shows me that he cares about me and my well being and that it truly was an accident. please someone read this and respond, I need help.
Posting for reassurance and not getting comments due to that is so hard. OCD is so hard..
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