I just had this interesting thought and I decided to share- sometimes things that are regular every day things such as taking walks or playing a game on an app can be torture for someone with OCD but totally not anything for someone without OCD. Idk why I found this such an interesting thought

Maybe but thinking it’ll disappear one day will only make you overthink it. That’s just my opinion. And OCD is chronic so even if you’re in remission it is still possible for it to come back. This isn’t meant to be discouraging. I’m just saying that being aware is important ( obviously just to an extent )

I'm hoping its weeks or months rather than years lol. I need to get to that point ASAP cos I care way too much. Thing is I'm told ocd often attacks things that mean so much to us. In my case it's fears I'll lash out and harm my family, I'm always gonna care about that cos my family are the most important people in the world to me. But I understand what you're saying completely. I just wish I could get to the stage where I don't care less

Yes If only OCD was something that goes away but it’s not. So all we could do is learn to deal with it and live with it

I do agree with that 100%. I misunderstood you I’m sorry

Thank you? and thank you for sharing ur opinion!!

What you said about losing your current theme cos you will get tired of it gives me some hope. I hope this is true because I've had the same theme now for aslong as I can remember. Absolutely years. Probably more than half my life. There are times it hasn't bothered me so much, but latley is the worst its ever been. Can only hope that better days are coming

You do, you will get tired of it maybe in weeks or months or years but eventually. At one point you will not care about it anymore so much so that even when you lose it, you will not feel any great relief or anything, you will be like 'meh' as if even if you still have it you wouldn't care less.

You can, maybe it is hard right now but keep a positive mind. If you have been suffering from this for such a long time and you have never harmed you family, then that means you never will even if you have this theme forever (you won't, just trying to make a point).

Keeping a positive mindset has never been my strong point. But I know how thinking positively leads to a positive outcome I know you are absolutely right. I've suffered with it this long and never acted on those thoughts. But sometimes my stupid head tells me because I've never acted on the thoughts I eventually will snap and do it. ? What I hate most is the fact the thought turns into an urge or a feeling. That's what scares me and makes me think Im gonna do it ?? I'd absolutely never want too though. In reality I hate violence and conflict

They can’t even imagine what it takes to do normal things

One day when you will leave behind the ocd madness, you will realize how irrational your thoughts will sound but right now they feel so real.

It does, when you leave it. And you will truly leave it the moment you will understand that you weren't letting it go.

I have the same mentality that you have and completely understand where you coming from. But there will come a time when you will lose your current theme as you will get tired of it, and once you get tired of your current theme, after sometime when you haven't thought about it for a long time, the thoughts you used to have would sound very irrational. That's what I was trying to point out.

No, I should have explained myself better, I just thought that saying that might be helpful to you as different advices works on different people as we all have different mindsets. You do not have to apologise at all, I apologise for not being clear. But I love your mentality and really want to keep that mentality as well.

This, this understanding and reasoning you have is the evidence that you will never snap or do something like that. And I, just like you have fear of that, but there are things we have to admit we don't have control over. Like rain. Let's say you want to have a pool party on your birthday that you have been preparing for 2 months prior, but 2 months before, you don't know whether it will rain on your birthday or not, the forecast isn't out yet. So do you worry or leave it upto your fate? Sometimes we have to leave it upto our fate/higher power/universe/nature whatever you belief in. You do not have any control over your future, but you do of present, and now, fearing something you do not have control over is something you have control of, so don't fear and give yourself a break. Treat yourself better cause you deserve it.