488 Relationship OCD: How to Know If You Have It and What Actually Helps

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  You love your partner, and then comes a thought.

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  Do I really love them?

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  What if I'm not actually in love?

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  What if I am with the wrong person?

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  What if I never feel sorry?

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  And you do what any reasonable person does.

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  You try to figure it out.

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  You replay moments looking for evidence.

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  You compare how you feel now to how you felt in the beginning.

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  You ask your friends.

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  You ask your partner.

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  You Google it at midnight.

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  And sometimes you feel better for a little while.

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  Then the doubt comes back.

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  Here is what most people do not know.

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  That cycle, the doubt, the checking, the temporary relief.

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  That is not a relationship problem.

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  That is specifically a form of OCD called relationship OCD.

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  And the reason most people suffer for years before they find out it is OCD is because relationship

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  OCD doesn't look like what other people think OCD looks like.

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