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- Addie976
- Date posted
- 29w ago
Make sure your partner understands OCD and its challenges. Make sure they know it’s not really you. If you don’t believe it, spit those words out anyway. Also, advise them to research OCD so they can know your thought process and how to help you.
@hmi A lot of mine is thinking I’m not enough for them, or that they’re pulling away.
@Addie976 I’ve had some bad relationship experiences. It takes a lot to reassure me. Maybe send your partner a text and just explain how you’re feeling and let them know. Make sure they understand that this is OCD, and it’s not that you don’t trust them.
@hmi Thank you for the advice.
I would recommend this books called relationship OCD by sheva rajee I wish I found out about ROCD years ago but it’s never too late. This book was extremely helpful. My point of view no matter how many time you ask for reassurance your still never going to accept it. Of course communication with your partner is great but so is sitting with that uncertainty. I
So i use to get a lot of relationship OCD. I recently got into a relationship two months ago. i have been experiencing some relationship OCD thoughts like “do i like my partner enough” and to complete the compulsion of telling them that i am having this thought. I use to be able to conquer them but after bringing it up in therapy it got worse. does anyone have any recommendations on how to conquer this compulsion and thought? I don’t want to scare my partner away.
I just started dating this guy not too many months ago. he is everything i ever wanted and he treats me right. but now my OCD intrusive thoughts are creeping back in. ones like “do i love him/like him” and like “i have to tell him im having these horrible OCD thoughts or we will never know how i truly feel.” but i know i love/like him. And sometimes I’ll be having a good day and then BAM, the thoughts smack me in the face and i get stuck in an anxious loop and it ruins my mood. how can i break this compulsion without feeling so anxious and do i tell him i’m having these thoughts to relieve the anxiety?
Hello, I recently discovered I may have relationship OCD. I haven’t been formally diagnosed yet but I started experiencing thoughts like “I don’t really love him” or “I’m gonna break up with him”, and sometimes even thoughts that he doesn’t love me or he’s gonna leave me. This all started when I got a text from a former partner, and it was very surprising. I thought since it affected me so much that it meant I still loved him and that I didn’t love my current boyfriend. Before this event, I struggled with intrusive thoughts and compulsions but never about relationships and I didn’t think I had OCD. I wasn’t experiencing any of these specific thoughts before I got that text, and it’s really scary and I’m afraid my thoughts are true. I really do love my boyfriend but these thoughts are really making me depressed.
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