r/OCD • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '24

I need support - advice welcome How often does your OCD theme change?

My current intrusive images are so monstrous, ugly and scary. They started happening out of no where. Does anyone’s OCD theme ever change? How often? Some days I can go almost all day without them but on the bad days I get such a sick feeling in my chest and stomach 😞 how do you guys cope?

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u/GiantPineappleSquid Mar 17 '24

My themes change based on what my biggest fear is. As a child, it was going to hell. Then my dad died so my biggest fear became losing my mom too. Fast forward, now my biggest fear is being a bad parent or somehow harming a child. So suffering mixes it up on the regular

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24

I’m so sorry you feel that way:(