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You’re going to have to slowly learn to live with the almost impossibly small but real chance that they may have missed something! Accepting uncertainty is the only way to overcome OCD. I’m sure you’re doing tons of compulsions to try to find certainty in this — one of which seems to be seeking out a professional diagnosis over and over again. I’m guessing also internet research. Other common ones might be checking for symptoms, asking reassurance from loved ones, avoiding triggering things. All of these are driving the obsession. If you can work with an OCD specialist, I think you could really benefit from some ERP. Accepting uncertainty without performing compulsions will help you habituate to your fear and over time fear it less and less.
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Stay busy! I too have had this obsession and it’s scary!! However, I realized that it was WAY worse when I just had time to sit and think about it... find something to do, even if it’s something silly like a crossword puzzle. Also, after I came out of my most recent spiral of schiz OCD, I sat and thought....would it really be the end of the world if I had it? I was also fearing that I was bipolar. But seriously, IF YOU ARE YOU ARE, WHO CARES. That’s how I knew it was OCD...it was constant what if, what if, what if. And once I was able to understand that it kinda just went away on its own... Hopefully this helps!
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yeah, i m feeling the same. i stopped my movie when i saw your post, wanted to say some words. i m struggling with it for 1 year, i have done multiple tests, they show only anxiety. i feel so terified about it, sometimes it stops for short period. i constantly check if i hear voices... my therapist said if i would be schizoprenic i wouldnt be concerned with that. when i m very anxious i start to missinterpret sounds in background, i scare that i heard voice and think about it all day. my fears become most terrifying when i get right sided pain in my head. ocd strikes during stressful days and after short night time sleep. i m fckin tired too of this i m going to my GP to comeback on escilatopram. i was half okay for 2 months but drank some alchohol and came back to the constant worry state. sorry for bad english
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one fact that could help you: schizoprenic people doesnt have insight something is wrong with em. :) also schizoprenia sometimes can be much better than anxiety, because they worry much less and control everything with medication, with anxiety you cant control everything with medication you need go work hard with urself and ur therapist.
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strong answer from pureolife
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