Hi, l have a form of OCD where my obsessive thoughts centre on making a mistake/ doing something wrong and getting into trouble (e.g. going to jail). I don’t think it’s exactly harm ocd, because my main fear is ruining my life by getting into trouble- as selfish as that sounds. Does anyone have any idea what this type of ocd is called?

Is it connected to the past mistakes that could possibly ruin you future? If it is then it could be real event OCD, false memory OCD, it can even be moral scrupulosity OCD. I suffer from all of those. Real event is obsessing over a past mistake. Usually it is not anything very important and it is blown out of proportions because OCD sufferers have cognitive distortion called "black and white thinking". We think if something wasn't 100% perfect than it is 100% bad. We have a hard time seeing gray areas in life. Compulsions are constantly asking people their opinion about the event to know how "bad" you are, confessing, googling to see if other people had similar experiences etc. False memory OCD is a type of OCD where you actually can't remember something about certain situation and you start to think something horrible happened in that period and you forgot. Compulsions are also confessing, searching, asking people who were with you if they saw you did something innapropriate. Moral scrupulosity is tied to both of this types of OCD cause it is actually an OCD about perfectionsm. If you make a mistake you believe you're a terrible person which is again a black and white type of thinking common for OCD. The symptoms are guilt, shame, disgust, fear that your life will be ruinedand you'll lose everything etc. Here are the links for this types of OCD, I suggest you read them, they're helpful :) https://psychcentral.com/blog/real-event-ocd/ https://www.ocdbaltimore.com/false-memories-ocd/ https://www.ocdbaltimore.com/moral-scrupulosity-ocd/

Thanks so much- all three of these sound very much like what I experience- especially the real event ocd. My compulsions definitely include reassurance seeking and confessing. I also consistently doubt my memory- I check and recheck and recheck to make sure I haven’t made any mistakes or mentally review events in my mind. Thanks again- and for the links- super helpful!

OCD can make you obsess over anything that is important to you. The theme isn't that important cause what every type of OCD has in common is extreme fear and low tolerance to uncertainty.

Also- lisa1988, you’re spot on- not every thought can be neatly categorised.

My therapist called this perfectionism OCD like small bird I suffer from alot and mine since getting into therapy have been rapidly changing

It’s just OCD can be any theme I was worried that I was going to become a drug addict couple weeks ago. Lol. I don’t drink smoke cigarettes nothing I don’t think you can name that thought

I see my psychiatrist today. And he says it’s about being in control. All my worries. I donno