OCD Hightened

I think this is normal. From my experience (therapy with NOCD for almost a year), I do recognize OCD more, but that’s because the therapy taught me how to identify it. Before, I would ruminate for hours about a “what if” worry about work and just chalk it up to me being really diligent and good at my job. I never thought it was OCD. I thought my OCD was worrying about leaving the stove on and checking things etc. But now I realize it’s broader than that. So I do feel like I am recognizing OCD more, and that is not fun, but it has helped me to start ERP when it’s happening — to the best of my ability.

@Kindness Thank you so much. That’s really helpful. I guess the more I’m able to identify it then the worse it is going to seem. But your right… that will help with doing ERP. I’ve been writing it all down and it’s actually helping identify which types of OCD are worse for me. I had no idea how bad my ROCD was. I thought it was just organizational and perfectionism ocd but there’s a lot more than that. Aye. It’s really difficult. Like I keep thinking that maybe I was better when I didn’t know about my ocd and just lived life. I’ve been ruminating on that lately. I keep wondering if this is making it better or not. I know that’s also my ocd but I don’t know how to stop those thoughts.