The #1 issue that many posters have is believing you can get rid of your OCD and intrusive thoughts/images/feelings. You can’t; OCD cannot be cured. Yours thoughts don’t matter. Your actions matter. Fighting, giving in, and ruminating over your intrusive thoughts and feelings is causing you intense distress, not your OCD. You can have OCD and function very well in society. The common theme for those that have recovered from OCD is ERP therapy, learning needed coping mechanisms, not taking your mind so seriously, and not taking your OCD so seriously. I know it’s hard but that’s the key to success. Let your thoughts float by like a cloud does in the sky. They do not matter to you and shouldn’t interrupt your daily routine.