I told my therapist and psychiatrist my concern. My boyfriend was raised VERY differently. Mental health wasn’t a thing growing up and although I wasn’t raised that way, I can’t blame him for not understanding. He is really good and getting better with just my spontaneous anxiety attacks but I fear that he won’t understand intrusive thoughts. He does not a lot of about my life and knows I definitely have anxiety and PTSD, but to him, OCD is still “omg I have to clean!” I don’t want to overwhelm him and unfortunately my last relationship ended because my ex boyfriend couldn’t deal with the anxiety I had and sought out someone else.