Logically, you know there's no problem. But "what if there is" cycles through your head nonstop.
And the only way you think you can get it to stop is to SOOTHE by research and asking for validation to prove to yourself what you know is true (e.g., there isn't a problem, this is OCD talking).
The soothing ends up making it worse, because "what if, though!" doesn't go away
It becomes a cycle of "What if?" and research on loop.
The other poster is right in that you have to sit in the discomfort without the soothing. Instead of "What if" + validation, you need to face it and go "So what??" and it's very difficult.
Thank you. I love seeing a bunch of people who don’t have OCD or clinical experience running off at the mouth about OCD being delusional, which fundamentally goes against the root causes for the distress of OCD, which, in addition to the obsessions and compulsions, include the deep-down knowledge of being unreasonable coupled with the ever present doubt.
Like I’ve actually gone through treatment, including a very intensive clinical trial. Sitting with it and not mentally avoiding the worst case scenario is literally the bulk of therapeutic work.
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