Beth agonized over whether her boyfriend was the right partner. Was he reliable, smart, kind, strong? You name the adjective, and it made it onto her ever-shifting list, boiled down to one question: Was he enough?
Relationship OCD is the relentless recurrence of doubts and fears over a romantic partner:
Are they the right one for me?
Am I attracted to them? Wait, wasn't I checking out that other person, and doesn't that mean that I'm not?
I should end the relationship now because it's just become clear. Wait, maybe I'm wrong, and I'm making the biggest mistake of my life.
Beth went into standard OCD treatment and found something curious. Whenever she wanted to explore why she fretted about her relationship, her therapist said they wouldn't be doing that here. Reassurance is a big taboo in OCD treatment, a form........