I have OCD and I have been trying to find advice from anyone with experience with this. I am constantly fearful that someone around me is going to get hurt. I feel that if I don't do certain rituals that I could be the cause of something bad happening to someone I care about. This is all I think about and my whole day is consumed with fear and worry. I have read to just ignore the thoughts but I don't feel that I can just ignore it if my mind is telling me that I could be responsible for something bad happening. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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I have that as well! It is really vile. I have had quite a lot of treatment for it, and it does help. There is no shortcut, however, and it does mean persevering and forcing yourself. Try a self help book for starters. There are quite a few, but one that has helped me a lot is Overcoming OCD. It can be a matter of going against your intrusive thoughts, which is very difficult, but there are techniques that can make it easier. One is to think of the bad feeling as like a cloud overhead, which will drift off and disperse, or like a wave that swells but eventually breaks up. Another is to think, 'I'm not going to worry about this now; I am going to set aside a few minutes to worry about it at, say, a quarter past four'. Then a quarter past four comes and goes and you've forgotten about it altogether.
Do get professional treatment as well. Medication can take the worst of it off, and having a good therapist can help you and support you with going against these feelings.
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Is it OCD, or addiction?
Harm ocd
OCD and trauma
Will only 'thinking positively' help with my anxiety and OCD?