Thread 33476155

Me and my boyfriend are planning to move in together, we've been dating since our sophomore year of high school and throughout our relationship he’s had a dog that he’s incredibly attached to and wants to bring with us, the only problem is that I have OCD and one of the intrusive thoughts I have is that after I’m around animals with fur (cats, dogs, mice, literally any animal) I now have fur wedged under my skin and that it’s in any food I eat
My boyfriend knows about this and in the past he’d lock the dog out of his room when I’d come over or we’d just go to my house and he helps me scrub down wherever a furry animal touched me
His dog is genuinely the only reason we’ve been hesitant to move in together
How the fuck do I get over this? None of the shit my therapists had me try works and even though my boyfriends suggested that his brother could just take the dog when we move in together I know he’d hate being away from the dog
I just need a way to get over this ocd shit without going back on meds
Pic unrelated, I’ve been rewatching king of the hill again

>>33476155 (OP)
Made-up shit. Ignore.

>>33476155 (OP)
Tell your boyfriend to stop locking the dog out of rooms and to stop scrubbing you when you make contact with an animal. It's only encouraging your OCD. It doesn't help you. You already know about reassurance cycles I'm sure.

Anyway you gotta get to the point where you at least acknowledge they're just thoughts. Thoughts do not exist. They can't hurt you or kill you. I just deliberately thought about my computer chair collapsing right now, the one in sitting on. I think if I don't tap the arm rest 5 times in the next 30 seconds, it will collapse and the shaft of the chair will impale me up the ass.

Wow nothing happened. It's almost as if thoughts don't exist in reality.

>>33476155 (OP)
>>33476629
Just confirming my computer chair remains in tact OP, and my ass. Thoughts ain't nothing but made up bullshit. So are your thoughts about fur going under your skin.

>>33476155 (OP)
How much longer will the dog live?

>>33476155 (OP)
I wish you weren't a tranny larper. unfortunately, you are.


JOHN REDCORNN????!? ... NNNYOOORN??

>>33476155 (OP)
My ex gf had OCD. You need a therapist who specializes in OCD. Plus probably anti anxiety meds. It’s not a disorder you think or talk yourself out of. Need exposure therapy. Anyway, this is an oversimplification, but the only way to beat the fear is to stop avoiding it and confront it…

Holy fuck, nobody in this thread understands what OCD is. OP, if you're unable to apply the fundamental coping mechanisms 24/7 then I don't think you will be able to live with your bf. It's a tough situation. Maybe if you were in analysis you could be cured, but it's a very difficult thing to even grt into. I think your best bet would be to hold off on moving in for a year and try and find EMDR or analytical therapy.

>>33476155 (OP)
Fuck the dog. If he wants you he'll get rid of it or give it his brother. If not then he can go be in a relationship with his dog and you can replace him with someone who's dirty ass dog doesn't leave fur all over everything. The dog shouldn't even be in the house in the first place. It needs to be tied up outside in a doghouse. I'm not about to have some big ass outside animal climbing all over my bed and furniture and clothes and shitting an pissing all over my living space. People who live with dogs are animals themselves. Shits nasty.