For people that have a fear of wetting themselves before going to bed, I had the same obsession BUT! here’s how I fixed it: Before going to bed, I go to the bathroom. It’s a nightly routine thay most people follow, but that’s where the issue started. My OCD would tense me up so much, I couldn’t pee. So, I said to myself, “I’m going to pee by the count of 5. If I don’t, I’m going to bed and I’m not getting up.” So I counted 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… and if I did not start going to the bathroom by the end of my count, I said to my mind, “You didn’t let me pee, so I’m going to bed and will not get up.” Let me tell you, my mind was PISSED off and VERY anxious. But I didn’t get up and I didn’t give in. This obsession went away after a month.

Dose anyone else experience that your OCD calms down and goes to the back of your mind during- feels almost safe and unaware of it but as soon as it's over and youve calmed down all the intrusive thoughts come rushing back 10x worse? I've had really awful panic attacks because of it the past two nights and it's exhausting I haven't been with another person in over a year because of how bad it was after and not being able to explain it properly to partners "no I'm not crying because of you" "no you didn't do anything wrong" I feel insane- like I'll never be able to have a normal functioning sexual time alone or with others do to it the compulsions that come with it are exhausting it's like the need to cleanse myself of filth like I'm disgusting and horrible until there's no traces I did anything in the first place I'm just so tired dose anyone have any tips of how to work through this- or at least be able to enjoy myself without crying afterwords? I have no idea what subtype this would even entail? I'm going to go with contamination I guess ?

So maybe the title wasn't the best to to put it but when you guys start having obsessive thoughts how do you stop them before it turns into compulsions and anxiety?

I have pure ocd i think , i always gotta make sure i do certain things like tap things , light switches on n off , shut things few times and re open them till it feels right . Walk in a room go back out and back in out in in till my mind is right Its exhausting