I thought I would reach out to a forum as I would like to hear from someone going through the same thing. My partner has been diagnosed with OCD and suffers from intrusive thoughts. He doesn't go into much detail but most of them are violent intrusive thoughts.. do I have the ability to kill someone? Have I hurt someone on my own? Could I hurt a child etc.. The worst time for him is if he drinks, when we wake up the next morning he will have a panic attack and think he may have hurt someone when he was on his own. We know this would never happen but the intrusive thoughts will not go away.
We are still young (21) and enjoy going out and having fun, of course we do not want this to stop but the intrusive thoughts are only getting worse and are coming on during the day all day. My partner had to leave his job as a gas engineer as he was worried about working in people's houses.
He is taking sertraline (anti depressant) and I cannot see him coming off them anytime soon. I feel that they make him robotic and he has changed a lot since being on them. I just want him to be happy and be able to live.
Does Anyone have any advice at all? Something that may take his mind off it ? Any hobbies ? Exercise? What do people find that helped with these thoughts . I would love to hear from you.
charlotte
