Does ocd always have compulsions or can it just be obsessions?

But can it be just obsessions only

@Dre83 I think it can be both or one or the other, but I guess you need obsessions to carry out complications. But I think you can have obsession on there own.

@Messed up Thanks man. Sometimes I feel like I have just obsessions

How the fuck do you beat it then cause erp is for ocd that has compulsions I believe

@Dre83 Sorry didn’t mean to cuss just frustrated

@Dre83 It's perfectly fine, I understand your frustration completely. Can you tell me about your obsessions? I might have some good tips for you!

@lmolnar Yeah it’s a lot lol. So September of 2019 my wife attempted suicide I came home knowing something wasn’t right. I walk in the door to find a kitchen knife on the table and I thought she used it but she had taken pills. Fast forward to February 2020 I decided to smoke weed like a dumb ass which I hadn’t done in like 15 years and I got way to high me and my wife confessed that we had cheated on each other 10 yrs ago while we were engaged. I had a bad reaction to the weed and either had really bad anxity or something but I was paranoid that my wife was out to get me and that I wanted to harm her with a knife. The next few months go by no problem everything was good and may 2020 hits and I have a nightmare about stabbing my wife and it freaked me the fuck out/ I didn’t know why was going on as now I was having harm thoughts about hurting her with a knife and my son. This has continued to this day and sometimes I have harm thoughts about hurting other people which gives me relief sadly because it isn’t attacking my family. Ocd states attacking my marriage and I started obsessions over the infidelity that happened 10 years ago back in October. Now as of this week I’m started worrying if I love my wife and how do I know that I love her. I wake up every day to harm thoughts before I can even get out of bed they start . This is a miserable existence and I can’t take this the remainder of my life. Never had ocd before last year and I was 36 years old. I am seeing 2 therapist one from NOCD. I was having aniexty attacks over the summer which were like 10 on the scale but now it’s more obsessions and worrying about them. I was gonna put myself in the psych ward back in may. This shit is crazy I can’t believe I’m living through this. Sorry that was a l lot I just wrote lol

Fuck yeah so much going on lol. I wish it was just one thing to deal with lol and ocd complicates things

@Dre83 OCD can f*ck off

@lmolnar Yes it can I’m tired of it so so tired

@Dre83 There is a medication for OCD called anafranil. Maybe you can talk to your psychiatrist about possibly taking it. It works wonders for me. Between praying and meds, I've practically been cured in a matter of three weeks.

@lmolnar Dam, yeah I’ve been praying I cried my heart out this morning to God. Meds scare me but maybe that is my route. I had a bad experience with Prozac in may last year

@Dre83 God loves you. He will respond to your prayers, please be patient. Meds work for everyone in a different way, maybe try researching a bit about anafranil to see if it would be safe for you to use.

@lmolnar Thanks friend! I’m trying to be patient it’s been 8 long months. I use exercise as my medicine and I’m looking into natural supplements as well but I will look into what anafranil