Learn more about loveandrelationships with this collection
How to create a positive work environment
Conflict resolution strategies
Effective communication in the workplace
About ROCD 1/2
Common Relationship OCD obsessions:
- Fear that you’re not good enough for your partner.
- Constantly second guessing your love for your partner.
- Constantly wondering if you’re with the right person.
Common misconceptions about Relationship OCD:
- Relationships don’t evolve over time and should feel passionate 100% of the time.
- The idea that once you find someone you’re “meant to be” with, you can’t find other people attractive.
- Getting caught up in the idea of finding “the one.”
39
609 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
About ROCD 2/2
Relationship OCD compulsions:
- Obsessive questioning: You’re preoccupied with very small details that make you question everything about your relationship
- Research: Constantly reading articles about how a “successful” relation...
34
200 reads
How Do I Know it’s OCD?
Everyone gets intrusive thoughts, but having them doesn’t mean you have OCD. For people who do have OCD, these thoughts can be debilitating, causing extreme anxiety and discomfort. No matter how hard you try to get rid of them, they won’t go away. For sufferers of ROCD, there’s a never-ending ana...
32
144 reads
Is Recovery Possible for Me?
Yes! But it takes two to tango. Treatment for Relationship OCD almost always involves you and your partner. Remember, patience and transparency are the keys to successful treatment. This subtype of OCD is best treated with
31
121 reads
Please, read this
If you suffer from OCD, you have a severe anxiety disorder. But it can be treated. Start by getting educated and making healthy living choices. Then find a clinical psychologist in your area wh...
31
125 reads
How Do I Know it’s OCD?
Everyone gets intrusive thoughts, but having them doesn’t mean you have OCD. For people who do have OCD, these thoughts can be debilitating, causing extreme anxiety and discomfort. No matter how hard you try to get rid of them, they won’t go away. For sufferers of ROCD, there’s a never-ending ana...
31
65 reads
REAL LIFE EXAMPLES
Everyday Examples:
- You’re married to someone smart, funny, attractive and loveable, yet you can’t help but think that you could have found a better partner.
- You think your partner has bushy eyebrows. You pinpoint this “flaw” and think that you couldn’t possibl...
32
143 reads
Relationship anxiety
Relationship OCD, also known as Relationship Substantiation or ROCD, is a subset of OCD in which sufferers are consumed with doubts about their relationship . They question their love for their partner, their attraction to their partne...
43
483 reads
Another solution
There are other treatment options as well. Mindfulness -based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy , also known as CBT, teaches people to identif...
31
130 reads
CURATED FROM
CURATED BY
Related collections
More like this
Change... Is A Changeless Law.
It’s not possible to hold onto things forever, and no one was better off by refusing to adapt, to change. People are meant to evolve, constantly.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates