How to deal with the following situation?

[realANA]

Hi, I don't really understand my OCD. If you are fearful of thoughts, you might want to skip reading this. I first had it when I was 17 and didn't know it was OCD at that time, somehow I thought it was just negative thoughts and few what ifs which somehow went away although the fear remained. Now, after 6 years my OCD has relapsed with a silly idea of what if I keep getting a particular sentence (i fear it a lot) throughout the day, I saw ERP videos and the fear went away, but I have weird fears like what if I'm not able to think clearly because that sentence might occur in my head, what if the thought keeps intruding me when I'm doing something important, or what if after every thought opposite thought appears in my head....its all so silly, but it makes me nervous and some or the other fear is always at the back of my head. actually I want to escape this uncomfortable feeling whenever I feel that I won't be able to think clearly because it makes me feel abnormal...so I feel normal when i forget about it, if only for a few moments, and then whole time i have this fear that my thought process will become abnormal. It's very crucial point of my life where I need to study hard and make a career. Please help out.

[Ocdwarrior]

Hi realANA, I just wanna share with you something that has been extremely helpful for me on my OCD recovery journey. So for me mindfulness has been hugely helpful. So whenever I get an urge to ruminate or review I try to just bring my attention back to what I'm doing. So for example if I'm washing the dishes and my OCD starts talking I try to just bring my attention back to the dishes. Just keep on doing whatever your doing or were planning to do instead of letting the OCD take over. Trust me it gets easier with time!

Wishing you all the best!!

[realANA in reply to Ocdwarrior]

thanks a lot for replying. I somehow had a fine day today after a long time. And yeah I've started to bring my attention to the present moment, it's not easy but now I'm hopeful that it will get better. 😀🤗