Raskin wrote "Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression," a book that's part memoir and part self-help, which was released in May 2022. She told Insider she wanted to document her personal growth for others who could relate, while also offering advice. Now she's able to tell herself, "My fiancé is not his pants," and better cope with the discomfort of her intrusive germ-related thoughts without always having to act on them, Raskin said. But it wasn't until she started taking antidepressants again in her mid-twenties and going to therapy that Raskin was able to challenge her intrusive thoughts and feel confident enough to experience the uncertainty dating without spiraling, she told Insider. As she dated in her twenties, she noticed how her OCD and anxiety impacted her ability to feel secure in romantic relationships. If they don't act on them, they feel extreme distress, according to the APA.įor Raskin, her obsessive thoughts and compulsions revolve around germs and contamination. Someone with OCD feels the need to act on compulsions, like washing hands, checking on something, or counting to a specific number, so much that it interferes with their daily functioning and social life.
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a largely misunderstood condition in which a person has recurring and unwanted thoughts, ideas, or sensations that they feel driven to stop through a repetitive action, or compulsion, according to the American Psychiatric Association. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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