Intrusive thoughts are relentless

I don't know if this will be helpful or not. But I sort of had the epiphany that I can treat the intrusive thoughts like I do a really realistic bad dream. Like those dreams are the WORST, but I am able to downplay how real they felt. Your intrusive thoughts are not real, they do not define you. You can't keep a bird from flying over your head, but you can keep it from making a nest.

U not alone just woke up and devastating to feel this way

The only damage those thoughts will do is to our own well-being. The bad things the thoughts suggest are just something we do to torment ourselves due to our OCD. I wonder what causes our OCD to effect us this way.