I was crying over my ocd symptoms this afternoon and my husband said “it’s so strange because really bad people like hitler think they are good people and you and other ocd sufferers think you are bad people when you are really good people” Strangely comforting- everyone on this app are really good people ??

Exactly. We need to work on that. We need to trust ourselves more. We ask questions of ourselves because others made us do so due to our caring and sensitive nature. And yes we would say that because what if! Well what if OCD is just another bully masquerading as your best friend? You could tell me you master aged and came to the thought of french kissing my son and I’d still take him to the nursery you work at. You got this hales. Dig deep - DIG. DEEP! You are scared you will find a filthy unlovable paedophile. I’m willing to bet the lives of me, my wife and my two kids...... That you’ll find a hero instead. You. Can. Do. This. YOU CAN!!!!

Your faith has me welling up in tears

I just loved reading that ✨? what an awesome partner in life you have

Thank you. My SO has told me I am one of the best people he knows yet sometimes I feel like a monster. Like I should not even exist when I obsess over mistakes or thoughts

Pluto i have no doubt you are a good person and deserve to exist and live a happy life!

*master aged = masterbated

Thanks

You deserve it @hales. You really, really do! Practice makes perfect, tell yourself these things that you want to be and that you can be what you want to be, and not fear what you fear. It’s all possible, but thoughts are thoughts. Actions and defining feats. Fake it till you make it. And this is not lying to yourself. We do this with everything. Even down to learning to walk as a child. We fake it! Until we make it! You. Can. Do. This!