How does OCD interfere with your reading and has anyone been successful at getting past it? :)

I am so happy you are learning to sit with that discomfort, despite what you were taught. It can be difficult to unlearn things like that, but it definitely sounds like you're doing a great job :) I love reading too!!! I honestly have more of a problem not trusting my own memory, so i tend to overthink when i read and re-read paragraphs and sentences multiple times. It's interesting how OCD can manifest in so many different ways, even if it's around similar things!

Same here! Trying to understand covalent bonds.

That's a great idea! Maybe I will switch between reading chemistry and reading that. I'm honestly just not really interested in chemistry which makes it harder I find, but maybe I can trick my brain into being engaged in a book that interests me first, and maybe the flow will carry over! I find the pressure of having to read the chapters or I won't understand the content kind of fuels the OCD behaviours if that makes sense

@EMMaaaa It does! And yeah chemistry isn't the best subject. But it depends, is studying chemistry an urgent matter for you? If so, you can check out crash course on youtube. If not, try and buy some nice books! Also I don't know how one thousand and one nights is in English because I'm Egyptian and I read it in Arabic. But you have harry potter, lord of the rings, a lot of novels really.

@HopefullyOptimistic Yes I love Harry Potter! Maybe I will try reading Lord of the Rings, the movies are amazing!! Also crash course is a life saver tbh lol

@EMMaaaa Yeah! I always try and listen to some music, it helps a lot. What's your favorite artist?

@HopefullyOptimistic Whoops! Who's?

@HopefullyOptimistic My favourite artist has got to be Green Day ? I love punk, but I've also been super into Gorillaz lately as well! Who is yours? :)

@Emmaaaahh I love Gorillaz! But my all time favorite has to be the Weeknd. Green day are awesome too! If you're talking about bands then Maroon 5.

@HopefullyOptimistic Omg Maroon 5 is the best I feel like I know all their songs ? the Weeknd is awesome too do you have any songs by them that you recommend? I haven't heard a whole lot by them to be honest but it sounds like you have a great taste in music!!

@Emmaaaahh Aww thank you! If I have to pick, I'll choose Call Out My Name, Starboy, and Earned It. His other songs are great too, especially collabs.

@HopefullyOptimistic Oh and one more song, called Sidewalks. He's with Kendrick Lamar on this one.

Yeah I feel you :( it's really interfering with my studies right now and I'm scared cuz finals are coming up soon!

@EMMaaaa My finals are ongoing a d I'm here having a bad anxiety attack with my HOCD :(