Hi, new here and would like to share my experience and hopefully receive on advice from others who have shared this experience.
I have struggled with OCD since I was around 14 years old, I am now 25 and last year was when I was diagnosed and started treatment for it. My OCD has came and went throughout the years.
My OCD has affected me in many different subsets and most of the time I can think myself out of a spike however OCD when it comes to romantic relationships is one I seriously struggle with.
Anyone who has experienced relationship OCD knows how horrible it feels. Doubts about relationships are natural however the way OCD can make you feel is crippling.
An example, I have been seeing this girl for over a month and in the beginning I felt everything that comes with the beginning of a romantic relationship, the excitement, the butterflies etc etc. However over the last couple of weeks relationship OCD started to set in & initially my mind was consumed with thoughts about if she actually liked me for hours upon hours on end which made me feel really down as my OCD had convinced me she never.
After these feelings went away, the doubts about how much I actually like her started to consume my mind for hours upon hours on end.
I know its my OCD because when I don’t like someone in that way I completely know and don’t want to speak to them again. However, despite my OCD making me feel this way, I still find myself wanting to talk to her, wanting to reply to her quickly, still getting the butterflies & the excited feeling but the relationship OCD & the discomforting feelings / anxiety that comes with it still lingers over me. It is worrying me in the sense that it is going to get in the way of things and make it impossible for me to completely enjoy the relationship due to these fake doubts brought on by my OCD.
It comes & goes as people with OCD will know
Anyone care to share their experience and how it affects them?
