Does anyone feel that when they are progressing in recovery they are hit with an old OCD theme out of no where ? I got pretty passed my HOCD a year ago and then yesterday after I’ve been getting better with my other form of ocd of having perfect clothes and hair and it’s bothering me less then I got hit with a heavy wave of HOCD luckily with the right tools I laughed it off after an hour but it was strange to me.

I have several OCD themes currently. It’s pretty much entwined in my entire existence and has been for decades. I was only diagnosed a few months ago and have been making progress with ERP on my contamination issues which is an amazing feeling. To have some control over this has made the future seem bright. Unfortunately lately I’ve been struggling with questioning my 10 plus year marriage (something I’ve dealt with on and off the entire time). My feelings had been solid for at least the past year with no obsessing in that area so it’s really very disturbing to experience this now just as I am getting a slight handle on my OCD. I’ve been so distracted with this the past 2 weeks I haven’t been able to make much progress. Just now I considered the possibility that OCD is behind this. Has anyone ever found that OCD started to sabotage you in one area when you were making progress in another? Is this possible?

I have been dealing with all random sub types the past 4 months and it seems like as soon as I don’t let one one obsession. Other me anymore, I have a couple hours of relief and clarity and then all of a sudden my mind will be like “you aren’t worrying about anything, that’s not normal, let’s try to find something to latch onto and bother you” and all I keep doing is letting things fizzle away and then it’s like I just cycle through my common OCD thoughts because I’m just so used to being anxious and worried about bothersome thoughts. And a completely new one came in recently that’s ridiculous and I am almost embarrassed to even say what it is

The first time I experienced pure OCD was about 2 years ago. Although it was hard, I have been able to come out of each theme that I experience and manage them with time. I haven't had an OCD episode in MONTHS until yesterday. I was able to get out of it after a couple of hours and then had a normal day. However, this morning I woke up "checking" to see if my OCD was still there. I felt extremely stuck and I'm not sure how to get out of this one. I'm super down and anxious because I feel that I was making great progress and now I feel like I'm back to square one. I'm also not sure how to get out of this "theme" when I'm not even sure what this theme is - like my mind just keeps checking to see if I'm ok and not letting OCD get to me as I try to get through my daily tasks, which makes no sense. Has this ever happened to anyone / does anyone else feel this way?