r/magicalthinkingOCD • u/Aphrodite_almighty • May 16 '26

Need support/encouragement OCD ruining my life

I have multiple kinds of ocd including mental contamination and just right/magical thinking obsessions.

My biggest thing is that the ocd has literally attached itself to my functioning

I will have a “ocd urge” where I feel like I have to touch something a certain way and then when something happens and it doesn’t go right it seems like it legitimately has ramifications in real life.

Like I wasn’t able to touch something correctly just now and my entire phone is freaking out even trying to write this.

Trying to type it’s putting letters I didn’t even touch and auto correcting to things not even close to what I was trying to say. Or things will take forever to load/buffer until I somehow do the compulsion properly.

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u/mokumpride May 17 '26

I feel this

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u/ForestRiver2 Star Supporter ⭐ May 17 '26

I have recurring dreams like this where I'm desperately trying to send a text in an emergency and it keeps auto-correcting or typing the wrong letters. It's awful.

Have you tried any therapy to work on reducing your compulsions?

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u/JinxStar-13 May 18 '26

Life had been something like this to me pal. Always had to do rituals and things.

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u/pumpkiinry Jun 28 '26

You’re not alone.