Summary: Relationship OCD is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes relationships to feel like a never-ending battle. It typically involves intrusive thoughts about your significant other, the relationship, and how it could be better. This can lead to constant checking and reassurance seeking from your partner. Treatment options are best discussed with a professional […]
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“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not
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Accepting OCD Probably one of the hardest steps in OCD recovery is accepting OCD. OCD is also known as the doubting disease as sufferers often doubt that they have OCD. The light at the end of the tunnel (moving towards acceptance) came when I realised two things: 1) I could not “switch off” my intrusive
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Building our own rOCD prison It is said that we are the makers of our own prisons. It could not be truer for people that suffer from rOCD. Without knowing we slowly build the walls of our mental prisons by using different “bricks”. I will talk about two particular bricks: unrealistic expectations and comparisons. I
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How long is a piece of string? For those not familiar with the expression “How long is a piece of string?” this expression normally implies that the answer is hard to tell, find out or very complex for varied reasons. For example, if someone asks me: “How long will take me to recover from ROCD?”
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I found the perfect partner There are two “lies” that the rOCD brain tells when it comes to evaluating if we are in a relationship with the “perfect” partner: No.1 If your partner was really meant for you, you would not be feeling any anxiety/having doubts, etc. No.2 If only my partner had/did not have x,
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The brain is an organ not a light switch The brain is like any other major organ in the body and controls many different biological functions. And sometimes, like the heart, liver and lungs it might not perform its functions as well as before and might need some sort of “repair”. Unfortunately, we cannot “measure”
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In this 7-part series, we take an in depth look at relationship OCD and its many different facets. Most of the material here is based on different personal recovery journeys; they are not intended to replace sound professional advice. If either you or your partner suffer from rOCD you might find some of this information
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