#relationship ocd

[woodlouseandbird]

my therapist suggested i imagine my intrusive thoughts in the voice of donald trump bc i do not possess an ounce of respect for him or trust in his competence. going thru it today so i made this. hope this helps

[sylveriasarcana]

i have never once felt good after giving into a compulsion. ever. the temporary relief is nothing compared to the clarity of looking back on that moment and thinking, "damn it, i did it again" and feeling further away from recovery than i was before

i've always felt really bad while actively resisting giving into a compulsion! but it pales in comparison to the pride i feel in myself once the post-spiral clarity kicks in and i can recognize that i did myself a huge favor and am one step closer to having the control over my thought patterns that i deserve to have

so if you're resisting a compulsion right now, keep going. the discomfort won't last. if you have already given in: it's okay. recovery isn't linear, you're gonna slip up sometimes. don't beat yourself up when it happens, we can try again next time. you got this 🩷

[daffodilcrown]

> ROCD affirmations that actually helps me

• your doubt is just perceived faults, they're not actually real

• your nervous system is doing its best to protect you from harm, and sometimes everything looks like harm

• it hurts now, but it wont forever

• you dont doubt your partner, what you're doubting is the safety. after a lifetime of unsafe relationships, safety feels scary

• if you cant trust your own perception, trust someone else's. a partner, a close friend, your therapist

[infsomniac]

intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts that cause distress. they are /not/ a representation of your character and who you are as a person.

so for all of the stigmatized sub types of ocd, the ones you cant talk about anywhere (even though it should not be this way), your intrusive thoughts do not make you a terrible person. &&. they are not a representation of your character.

[notsoprettylankydetective]

They're smiling at you. They're talking to you.

It's almost like they don't hate you. It's almost like they aren't angry at you. It's almost like what you said

maybe wasn't that bad

in the first

place.

[deadfang]

ngl i hate having ocd bc i try so hard to not let it affect romantic relationships bc yeah everyone wants an obsessed partner until the partner has an obsession disorder, then it's 'too much' and 'crazy' and 'weird'.. i seem nonchalant bc i'm trying to hold back the obsessive tendencies and thoughts from my ocd bc if i don't then everyone runs away and i'm alone again :/ i seem nonchalant until i feel like the other person will stay and i can let my guard down a little

[squiddle-widdle]

Tenna OCD time! (In this he has ROCD [Relationship OCD] with a dash of moral OCD. As a treat)

Early on in Mettatenna, Mettaton can tell when Tenna is going through shit worse than usual but the TV was the more confident one back then, resulting in Mett not commenting. Worse is Tenna is going through a flare up due to his new relationship and the events of Chapter 3.

Later on, however, Mettaton learns about all Tenna's mental illness struggles (from BPD to OCD) and learns how best to work with them.

[evilsystemm]

okay guys. I trust myself and I trust him. I trust myself and I trust him. I trust myself and I trust him. I dont have to untrust myself to trust him. I dont have to untrust him to trust myself. He can still be wrong without that breaking my trust. I can still be wrong without that breaking my trust. I'm actually FULL of trust. I trust people more than anyone else on the planet actually. I'm an expert on trust. Its okay for my body to not trust because I am not my body. I dont have to force my body to catch up if it needs time. I am in control of my life. I am not in danger. I do not need to act whenever I feel threatened. It is okay to exist as I am. No one is conspiring against me. Not everything is about me.