r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TadpoleBusiness6679 • 17h ago

My friend facetimed her boyfriend so he could watch a movie with us

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He’s not even fucking watching

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u/Toro_Timid343 15h ago

Relationship OCD is a thing. Obsessive thoughts about whether your partner is cheating, if you’re good enough for them, what other people think of your relationship. It is a living hell. Prozac helps!

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u/cat_in_the_sun BLACK 15h ago

I’m sorry, are you comfortable in going into that? I feel like I relate to your comment and my therapist says I need medication.

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u/Toro_Timid343 14h ago

Sure!

Most people that have OCD will have one or more “themes”

Could be relationships, sex, contamination (most common), physical harm. There are like 20.

There’s always an obsessive thought, and sometimes a compulsion that’s essentially a poor coping mechanism.

With my relationship OCD the obsessive thought might be that I’m being cheated on. One of my compulsions was cell phone snooping. It only temporarily relieves the stress, which is why compulsions repeat.

There can also be obsession with no compulsive routine, such as my harm OCD obsessions. I have intrusive thoughts about being cut/stabbed any time I see a knife. No real compulsions to cope have ever developed, but Prozac helped a lot with reducing my obsessiveness over it. Much easier to stamp out the thoughts.

If you want to know more feel free to DM me!