Hello everyone. Been having a lot of anxiety lately due to me not being able to handle my thoughts. I’m getting impatient with myself because I’m constantly having intrusive thoughts j. Regards to my partner when she has done nothing wrong. It’s turning into anger towards myself. Is this normal, the feeling of anger and frustration towards my OCD?

Yes it is 100% normal and valid! But it is important to remember, you are not your OCD, so try not to take out your anger on yourself, I understand it’s much easier said than done. I know how distressing this must be and I’m sorry you are going through this. I know what it’s like to feel like you just need to get off the ride but there seems to be no end to the barrage of thoughts coming your way. This is gonna sound super counterintuitive but what I try and do when I have specific recurring thoughts that are really bothering me, is try and think about it as much as possible, and keep thinking about it. Cry, scream, punch stuff (obviously not people or anything that might hurt you lol) and fully let yourself feel that fear and that emotion. If it’s too big for you to do this on your own see if you can get a therapist or trusted unjudgmental person to do this with you. For me this really helps with reducing how much these thoughts recurr again for me. Also promethazine is a anti-allergy tablet you can buy over the counter and in many uk htts (home treatment teams) this is their new anxiety drug they’re pushing at the moment. And it actually really helps. And like I said you can buy over the counter so no need for a prescription. And now my ocd is tellling me I’ve wrote too much lol sorry if that’s a lot but I wish you well keep fighting bro!

I very much appreciate the time and response! Don’t worry it wasn’t too much info and you gave me a nice perspective on my emotions!