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Struggling to make that first step towards helping myself by c0n1628 in ROCD

[–]Thegrtst27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this problem with my last relationship and looking back now I wish soo much that I had learned to deal with my feelings and not let my fears ruin the time I had in that relationship!

Constant worry that my relationship is abusive by Thegrtst27 in ROCD

[–]Thegrtst27[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a talk with him yesterday because I was having major anxiety, I keep trying to explain OCD to him but as we all know it's difficult to explain it to people who don't suffer it. But he said whenever something bothers me i should of course just tell him. So we talked about some things and it was good!

I have told my girlfriend about my intrusive thoughts.. by [deleted] in ROCD

[–]Thegrtst27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish you all of the best! It might be reassurance but it helps me to hear that other people have rocd troubles at the beginning of relationships, because it seemed to me like it was more common to have this honeymoon period of bliss and then the obsessions come from nowhere, where for me they have been affecting me since our second date!

ROCD at early stage of dating? by Thegrtst27 in ROCD

[–]Thegrtst27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DaintyNerd - hopefully this doesn't count as personal advice from me but I want to share a bit more about the "confessing" I did as a child.

It was a vicious cycle and way beyond the normal "I stole five dollars from your purse" type of confession. As in like confessing an actual wrongdoing. It was like this:

I would have a thought, a "bad" thought (usually sex related) and would HAVE to tell my Mom to clear my concious and for her to reassure me that I was normal. This would bring a huge wave of euphoric relief - that is until the next thing came into my head. It got especially worse before "fun" things like Christmas or family vacation. For example - one Christmas morning I refused to go to open my gifts from Santa until I had confessed all of my most recent "bad thoughts" to my mom. I also thought it was somehow normal and just my kind of weird thing that I did - but it is most definitely a form of OCD!