Stress Center Peer Support

Hello you all, I had a very eye-opening moment while talking to my dad last night: Because of my depression (sometimes severe) and anxiety (largely OCD, plus ROCD), combined with my introvert-extrovert see-saw personality(?), he thinks that it will be several years before I'm able to have a romantic...

I've read of this type of OCD: It's referred to as "HOCD" as in "homosexual OCD," but your "H" would be for "heterosexual OCD"! :) Basically, people with HOCD obsess that they're not the sexual orientation they know themselves to be. "What if I'm (not) gay?!" The key, I've read, is to learn to be ab...

Hi friends! I LOVE this site! I'm wondering how anyone knows they're feeling "romantic love" for someone. I deal with ROCD and have ever since I've starting having romantic relationships. There were times with boyfriends that I had feelings I thought were the beginnings of "romantic love," but I was...

Hi everyone, I have "relationship OCD" (rOCD). When it's bad, it runs and ruins my life. Today is Monday; my boyfriend of five months and I broke up on Friday night. I was dealing with massive anxiety about our relationship and he was frustrated with my issues, so our ending was mutual. I wasn't sur...

Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone else has had to go through the program more than once in order to reap full benefits. This will be my third time through; the first time, I didn't take it seriously (so maybe that doesn't even count! *lol*) and the second time LITERALLY changed my life, but I still ha...

Hi all! I've posted this almost-same message elsewhere on the boards, but, since this area seems to get the most traffic, I'm re-posting here with the hopes of getting some advice: Thanks to Lucinda and everyone at the Stress Center (and my family and friends!), I have conquered EVERY area of anxiet...

I don't have any words of wisdom, but sometimes it helps to know you're not alone...and you're not! I'm doing exactly the same thing (and I'm also dating a terrific guy) with the obsessive, scary, "what-if" thoughts. I'm also dealing with job stress (as in, I haven't been able to score a job in my c...

Hi Theresa, Thank you for your input! Yes, I'm seeing a psychiatrist and have been for quite some time. My parents' relationship is and always has been loving and respectful... Perfect, actually, which is a hard ideal to live up to! :) I'm more concerned about overall relationship anxiety than I am ...

Hi ya'll! I've posted on this Web site a few times before, and always about the same thing: Relationship anxiety! The "What-if" session seems the most logical place for this, so here I am! First, I've been through the program through session 12 twice and it has TRULY saved my life. Before Lucinda, I...