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- 22w
what can i do
it feels to real i feel like my heart is ripping apart. it feel like i dont love him, that i lost feelings, im hollow
it feels to real i feel like my heart is ripping apart. it feel like i dont love him, that i lost feelings, im hollow
You’re not broken. You haven’t lost the ability to love. You’re just overwhelmed by fear and uncertainty, and it’s okay to sit in that discomfort without trying to solve it. You don’t need to “feel in love” all the time to love someone. Love is deeper than a feeling — and OCD clouds that clarity. You’re not alone in this. You’re strong for facing this head-on. Let yourself feel hollow without reacting to it. Let the wave pass. It will.
@slippery_salad thank you.
@Mariabae That hollow feeling, the fear, the confusion… it’s like a distressed baby crying out for comfort. You don’t need to fix it or silence it right away. Just hold it. Sit with it. Cradle that emotion gently like you would a baby who doesn’t know how to self-soothe yet. You’re not weak for feeling this way. You’re human. The goal isn’t to force the feeling of love or certainty back, but to be present with the discomfort until it softens on its own. That is where real strength lies. Let the fear cry, let the doubt squirm, but stay grounded. You are still loving. You are still whole. And the wave will pass, especially when you stop trying to outrun it and simply let it be held.
@slippery_salad yes i know but it feels like this is actually true, like it has changed me completely and that i dont love him anymore, any work i try to do it feels pointless, like i know deep down that i have no feelings for him and in just not accepting it and i dont know what to do. i feel like im hurting myslef and him with this, that i just put high expectations on this relationship and i don’t even have rocd
@Mariabae I totally get it; it FEELS like it’s all true, like something deep inside you has shifted and there’s no going back. It feels like you’re just avoiding the truth, like you’re forcing something that’s already dead. But that’s exactly how OCD works — it doesn’t just make you think things, it makes you feel them in your body, like a heavy truth you can’t shake. The fact that you’re even this distressed shows how much you care. OCD doesn’t always come with a big label, sometimes it just feels like you’re broken or heartless, when really you’re overwhelmed by fear and doubt. Be kind to yourself. You’re not lying to him or to yourself… you’re just stuck in something that feels like the truth but isn’t. You’re not alone in this. Keep going. You’re stronger than these feelings, even when it really feels like you’re not.
@slippery_salad thank you!!!!
@slippery_salad hi, im responding to this again bc someone responded to one of my posts and they said things i was fearing and i dont know how to handle them , the said “@Mariabae - If it is something that has been just misery for you. It is possible that you actually just don't want to be with him. They can be great to you and you still not fully love them. Maybe write out a list of pro's or con's. He can love you all he wants but if you do not love him it doesn't matter. If the thoughts are what causes you to be sad and depressed, then maybe its OCD. But if you are sad and depressed from being with him and then the OCD takes over. That is different and you most likely forcing something to work that you do not even want. “
@Mariabae Life isn’t black and white. That person assumes OCD is something you can fully understand—but the truth is, you may never fully grasp it. And that’s okay. What matters is learning to sit with the uncertainty and choosing to move forward anyway. That’s how you grow beyond ROCD.
So make a decision
I’m really struggling and I feel emotionally drained. Every time I spend time with my boyfriend — even when we do something nice, like watching old videos or just being together — I feel this heavy, painful disconnect. I keep having thoughts like “I don’t like him,” “he’s annoying,” “I feel nothing,” and it feels so real. We’ve been together for 2 years, and this has been going on for more than a year. It’s exhausting. I feel like I’m constantly chasing a feeling that never comes. I’ve read everything about ROCD, about ERP, about how I’m supposed to sit with the thoughts… but even when I try, nothing makes me feel better. I can’t tell what’s real and what’s not anymore. When he wants to see me or come over, I avoid it. I don’t feel excited. I even feel afraid of being around him sometimes because I’m scared I won’t feel anything and that confirms my worst fear: that I’ve lost feelings or never had them. My chest feels tight all the time. I feel like I’m lying to myself and to him. I know he loves me so much — he even moved to my city to be with me. And yet here I am, thinking these horrible thoughts and feeling nothing. It makes me feel like a terrible person. But I’m also just so lost. Has anyone been through this? Where it all just feels too real, like you’ve hit the truth you’ve been avoiding? I feel like I’ve ruined everything, like I’ve been forcing feelings all along, and now there’s nothing left to feel.
my thoughts are not just thoughts, they feel real, too real, i dont feel anything for him, i feel bad feeling towords him lime anger, even disgusting when thinking about intimacy, things i used to not have, i used to be so different, but since i went into a compulsion rabbit hole (googling , posting on nocd, checking my feelings constantly) i am worser and worser every single day, im not the same, i surd to feel a little better from time to time have moments of clarity, feel some love, but i dont, im in agony . people on here told me yhat maybe i matured and i lost feelings, that maybe im scared of change, i feel lime i have no feeljngs and maybe it was never love , just convinced myslef it was bc i liked the ideea, i have been having thoughts for 2 years now, and they started month 4 into our relationship, im scared that i only chased the “i must love him” and love was never there, maybe im lime this bc he is my first bf, moved to another city for me and loves me, and i don’t want to hurt him, nothing helps me, im too scsred, it feels real
i feel like im dissociating, when i am with my boyfriend and i look at him i am hollow , when i think about him and being with him forever, and tbinking about the 2 year and a half together its like i cant rember how it was to feel in love pr to love him i feel like… i have no feelings and i dont know what i feel and nothing makes me feel better … i tried not posting here but i just want someone to help me. i dont know what i feel i feel disconnected from myslelf , from him… like i dont love him and im just existing with him (we dont live together, he stays at my place at weekends and we dont sleep together at night my partents still dont allow it even if im 18) , i dont know what i feel my chest is so tight… i look at him and feel so hollow… i even have many many moments when he annoys me, or i get the ick, or think he is stupid making me think its the end and the thoughts i once feared became true and i dont have rocd… maybe all this time… all these 2 years of me gaving thoughts was just me not accepting the truth… i cant remeber how it is to love… im not feeling anything… seeing people in love witj their partner and being happy makes me so sad… bc im not happy, even though he loves me.. im horible… am i trully like this? why? it feels so real. why. im tired… i cant acces therapy or meds, i have to heal alone, the problem is that i cant even stand talking to him vc hearing his voice, seeing him, talking to him, imagining a life with him makes me want to cry and be alone bc my mind tells me i dont live him that i cant stand him anymore and i have changed, that my feelings are gone and that is why i cant see a life with him, i dont understand why i have so many negative emotions towords him when he loves me so much, im thinking this isnt ocd and in just forcing myslef to love him and to stay bc i have this expectation i put on us from the start that he is the one. i keep thinking i want to break up but i dont have a solid reason, just how bad i feel , i havesi much anxiety and i fee si stressed its making me go crazy. Some people told me on nocd once that maybe i just matured and my feelings and preception changed. I feel like i lost myslf i used to be so loving and carring and daydream even though i had thoughts about me not living him but it just got worser and worser and went to a psychologist a while ago, hoping I’d get some clarity about what I was going through, especially with my constant relationship doubts and emotional numbness. But instead of feeling heard or understood, I was told things like “maybe you never really loved him” or “maybe you’re just not being honest with yourself.” That experience didn’t help me — it made my thoughts worse. It planted seeds of even more doubt, and I left that session feeling more broken, more confused, and even more alone. Now, I can’t go back to therapy because my parents don’t believe I need it. They won’t support me emotionally or financially with it, and that makes everything feel even heavier. I’m stuck with these thoughts, with no professional support, and I’m trying to hold on I’ve been like this for almost 2 years and it only got worse. I feel hollow and numb, like I lost myself. When I look at old pictures or read old messages it feels like a completely different person wrote them — not me. I can’t remember how it felt to love him, I can’t imagine a future with him, and even when I’m next to him or kissing him I feel fake, uncomfortable and anxious inside. My mom told me things like “maybe you only put it in your head that you have to be with him” and her words are stuck in my head, making everything feel even more real, like it’s the truth. My chest feels so tight all the time, and I’m scared that there’s nothing to heal because this isn’t OCD but just me realizing I don’t love him. I want to heal, but I feel like I don’t have the strength to do it alone and I can’t access therapy. I feel trapped inside my own mind and I don’t know what to do anymore. It’s like my fear became reality.
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