BIPOC with OCD

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Students with OCD

Older adults with OCD

LGBTQ+ with OCD

Parents of OCD kids

NOCD Therapy Alumni

Mid-life adults with OCD

OCD newbies

Young adults with OCD

I wonder if something I did in the past actually happened the way I remember it

False Memory OCD

I’m constantly bothered by things not being in the right place, the right order, or grouped in the right way

Order & Symmetry OCD

I’m convinced that what I do or think can effect a real event and will prove that I’m a bad person

Magical Thinking OCD

I experience anxiety and discomfort any time something doesn’t feel “just right”

Perfectionism OCD

I’m bothered by specific thoughts, and I use mental actions to “get rid” of them

"Pure" OCD

I obsess over something that happened in my past and what it could have led to

Real Events OCD

I can’t help but think I’ll intentionally kill myself, even thought I don’t want to die

Suicidal OCD

I experience anxiety while obsessing over the meaning of life or the purpose of existence

Existential OCD

I have continual doubts about my sexuality and spend a lot of time trying to analyze my feelings 

Sexual Orientation OCD

I’m overly afraid of becoming sick or getting someone else sick

Contamination OCD

I need to know if I really have a desire to transition my gender or if I want a transgender partner

Transgender OCD

I constantly question and analyze how I feel in my most important relationships

Relationship OCD

I feel unable to stop focusing on normal bodily functions in myself or someone else

Somatic OCD

I constantly worry that I have offended a higher power or done something morally wrong

Religion & Spirituality OCD

I have to keep checking for new health symptoms to prevent pain, suffering, or death

Health Concern OCD

I experience excessive fears of directly or inadvertently causing harm to others

Harm OCD

I’m very bothered by thoughts that  I want to, or might, do something inappropriate with a child

Pedophilic Obsessions OCD

I’m a new parent, and I can’t help but think of my newborn getting hurt due to my thoughts or actions

Postpartum OCD

Hi!!
Anyone have any tips for somatic / sensorimotor OCD? A week or two ago, I was doing meditation and the guided meditation said to focus on the cool air entering your mouth/nose, so I noticed the cool air like entering my mouth/back of my throat area. But, then I couldn’t stop noticing it and it started making me feel squeamish. It comes & goes but I hate being really aware of my breathing. 
Any tips??

Somatic OCD about breathing 

its really about distraction. i know this all too well. :')
its anxiety though and just like any other anxiety it will eventually pass. 

As an anxiety, OCD, panic sufferer for over 35 years I hate anything that focuses on breathing exercises and even disrupted a mental group session to let them know that asking some folks, especially somatic OCD peeps like myself is the worst advice ever.  I’m a checker - please don’t ask me to concentrate on my breathing-I have for hours, weeks, months, and years at a time!