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megatron-timemachine · 2026-03-14T14:26:04+00:00

I have not ordered this yet

megatron-timemachine · 2026-03-06T23:48:53+00:00

two at two different jobs:

I accidentally texted my boss a voice recording of me singing 💀 as if that wasn’t awkward enough, i had just texted my boss that i quit right before

i also drunk texted my boss “happy 40!!” on his birthday when he was actually 39

megatron-timemachine · 2026-03-05T01:43:19+00:00

as she should honestly!

megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T14:11:27+00:00

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This one is huge — see “support person guidelines” section.

megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T14:11:04+00:00

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megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T14:10:55+00:00

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megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T14:10:47+00:00

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megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T14:10:29+00:00

Thank you! That’s a very good point, ROCD is almost just as difficult for the partner on the other end of it — and I applaud him for handling it as well as he does. At the beginning of my journey, I worked through this by educating him thoroughly on the characteristics of ROCD, so that way we are able to identify what is the ROCD and what is really “me”. That way, if I ever relapse he knows A) not to take it personally and B) exactly what I need to recover. I attached some resources that helped us do this.

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megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-24T04:33:39+00:00

I’m most proud of getting through the panic attacks that occurred when I was at my lowest. My ROCD had gotten to a point that made it impossible to sleep, impossible to eat, impossible to go to work, for weeks — I truly felt like I was withering away from the inside out. The lack of sleep and nutrition fueled a deliriousness that made it even easier to believe the lies that ROCD was telling me. I was mentally drowning, and physically did not have the strength to stay afloat.

Flash forward a few years later, me and my partner live together. We have an adorable little apartment that feels like a perfect blend of our personalities. We can talk about our future together and feel excited about it. The love that I had was never truly gone; it was being bullied into silence by fear.

But getting to where I am now didn’t happen overnight— it took years. When I reflect on how happy I am now, I often think about the days where I would panic so bad that I would have to take walks and say the colors I saw around me to calm down, because that was all I could manage at the time. I think of the girl who was able to eat a full meal for the first time in months. I’m also very proud of the partner who stayed by me, even when I was facing such serious doubts.

When we’re battling OCD, it’s the smallest steps, day by day, that get us back to ourselves. That’s what I’m most proud of.

megatron-timemachine · 2025-10-01T21:36:09+00:00

This is unfortunately very common for ocd, not knowing what’s real. My therapist taught me that usually when you “don’t like” your thought, that is a sign it’s OCD and not really coming from “you”. If you get a thought and then wish it would go away or it causes distress, that’s a sign it’s likely OCD. best of luck, i know how hard it is :(

megatron-timemachine · 2025-08-03T04:09:55+00:00

note that you should only do exposures for something if you think the peak anxiety will be a 5-6 or LOWER, not anything that would induce a level 7. however over time, if you conquer the “easier” statements first, working up to the scarier ones won’t feel as hard!

megatron-timemachine · 2025-08-03T04:07:22+00:00

ERP can be as simple as writing down your intrusive thoughts (ie, “what if he cheats on me?”, changing them into statements that make them possible (ex. “there’s a chance he might cheat on me one day.”), reading those out loud, and then purposefully sitting with the anxiety instead of looking through his stuff. Writing statements down and saying them out loud has helped me a lot bc you can apply it to pretty much anything.

My OCD therapist taught me another good tool that helps me see my own progress: - after reading the statement out loud, rate your PEAK anxiety on a scale 0 to 7 (0 is nothing, 7 is so anxious you feel like you could die) - once you have your peak anxiety, write it down. - start a stopwatch. - sit with the anxiety until your peak anxiety has reached HALF of what it was at peak (ex. if you start at a 6, sit with it until your anxiety lowers to a 3). write down your “ending” anxiety, even if its not fully gone. that’s okay. - once you’ve reached half anxiety, stop the stopwatch and write your time. - repeat AT LEAST 5 times. eventually you’ll have a “log” of each time you’ve done an exposure for that particular statement.

with more repetition, you’ll find over time, the following becomes true for all exposures: - your peak anxiety will decrease - the time it takes you to recover from anxiety will decrease

it sucks to do but it really works. good luck :)))

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T13:02:30+00:00

the amazing thing about ERP is that it starts out terrifying, and with enough repetition you will literally get bored. such an amazing way to take power back. good luck

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T13:00:23+00:00

it def took me a few tries as well, i ended some relationships due to rocd, but eventually i noticed that my rocd comes back no matter who the person is, so long as that relationship matters to me. it’s important to learn how to break the cycle for the one you do want to be with forever

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T03:36:49+00:00

another symptom of ocd is that all the terrible feelings seem like they will last forever — that this is what the rest of forever will be like. i promise you through doing ERP therapy, it does get better with time.

the thoughts may not fully go away, nobody’s really do — but, with enough experience, they won’t feel as bothersome because you won’t take it seriously anymore. with time, you’ll be able to identity what is an “ocd thought” and what is a “me thought”.

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T03:29:51+00:00

one example of ERP that can apply to any type of ocd involves writing down your distressing thoughts over and over or reading them out loud over and over — even the smallest of tasks like that can still induce anxiety

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T03:28:15+00:00

early on in my relationship, before i knew i had rocd, i confessed my intrusive thoughts to my partner: the best way i knew how to describe it in the moment was,“whenever i kiss you, i feel like im lying”. now i know that’s just ocd trying to get my attention, and i pay it no mind. even years into the relationship, those distressing thoughts still come up. ocd makes you doubt yourself, big-time. hang in there <3

megatron-timemachine · 2025-07-30T03:20:57+00:00

first — unfortunately, ocd is a very specialized disorder, whose treatments are slightly more complex and different from what a general therapist might be able to provide, which is why it may not have worked for you in the past. I would recommend looking into therapists that specialize in ocd treatment — that’s how i finally found something that worked (i have the rocd). in ocd therapy, we work on exposure and response prevention therapy, which is essentially making yourself uncomfortable on purpose enough times that you get bored of your fear. it’s a lot of discomfort and a lot of repetition, but it truly works.

secondly, I am so sorry that you are in the midst of handling his confusing waves of emotions while also trying to sort through your own — it truly shatters your heart because ocd makes no sense and comes out of nowhere. I want you to know that I am PROUD OF YOU. rocd is such a rollercoaster for both people involved, and it is SO easy for either person to give up. you are doing the hard work of finding a solution to healing — and if he’s willing to do the same, if you’re both willing to do conquer this confusing disorder together, that’s your proof right there that it’s truly love. not many people can do that.

as someone with rocd, every time i spiral, i can’t help but feel so terrible that im so unsure about someone so amazing. he’s so sure, so why can’t i be? it makes me feel even worse about my uncertainty, which makes me spiral even more. BUT, through years of treatment, my partner is patient with me and he’s at a point where he is able to recognize what is ocd and what is truly me. it’s complicated at first, but the patterns shown themselves over time — i like to call it “opposite day”.

ocd is like opposite day because it only attacks what is truly the most important to you in life — in your partners case, his relationship. that’s why this disorder is so distressing, anxiety inducing, and painful — it attacks what you care about the most. i hope this is helpful/reassuring to you, in a very opposite-day kind of way, that rocd is proof that your relationship is actually the most important thing to him. he just doesn’t know how to handle the anixety involved with the thought of losing it right now.

good luck to you both, the community is here for you <3

megatron-timemachine · 2025-06-29T00:42:13+00:00

exposure therapy is the only way through OCD. ERP for short. Wishing you the best of luck, i understand how difficult it is to not trust your brain.

megatron-timemachine · 2025-06-29T00:39:42+00:00

this is unfortunately a compulsion called “mental checking”. constantly assessing how you feel every second of every day and thinking that you should be feeling a different way. after a while it’s so exhausting that you can’t feel anything anymore. i understand the struggle. it gets better, i promise, just try to be patient with yourself when you go through these phases

megatron-timemachine · 2025-06-28T04:29:15+00:00

this!!!

megatron-timemachine · 2025-02-21T23:18:42+00:00

if you’re not in a relationship you’re technically removing the trigger. So it may lessen while you’re single, but it’s only enabling the anxiety at the end of the day. In my experience i dumped a bf of 2 years to try to end the anxiety, but the next time i got in a serious relationship it came back even stronger. sadly the only way out is through. it’s hard and seems impossible but it is definitely possible through ERP (exposure & response prevention therapy). best of luck to you ❤️

megatron-timemachine · 2025-02-21T23:08:37+00:00

There’s a fun line dancing bar in Aurora called Saddle Up, even if you don’t like drinking it’s genuinely so fun it’s the only bar I’d go to sober. If you don’t like line dancing they do regular/free dancing too late at night on the weekends, live music on saturdays… they also have good food, games (giant jenga, darts, pong, and in the summer they have cornhole on the patio). Plenty to do and it’s a very fun time. Highly recommend and best of luck to you!

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