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@emilyvictoria this is common, I have seen a lot of people experience this including myself. OCD is not something that you have; OCD is something that you create for yourself. the only thing disordered about you is your increased amount of doubt; we have more doubt that others. this extra doubt leads to extra anxiety and when we seek safety from that anxiety, it sets up an obsessive-compulsive cycle. you need to give your brain a chance to realise that there is no threat; when you seek safety, you are telling your brain that there is something to seek safety from. when you say ‘maybe, maybe not; i’m just going to assume that I certainly do have OCD’ you are accepting the uncertainty and teaching your brain that there is no danger in being uncertain about whether you have OCD or not. that is the purpose of ERP.

@emilyvictoria you are only scared of telling yourself that you have OCD because you have avoided doing so. you jumped to conclusions and now your brain believes that telling yourself that you have OCD is unhealthy. this is another meta based OCD because you think that telling yourself you have OCD is unhealthy but by being uncertain that you have OCD, you won’t undergo therapy which is unhealthy. i believe you should respond by accepting the uncertainty and just assuming that you do have OCD and that telling yourself that you do is not unhealthy, or at the very least much healthier than not doing so.