“Obsessions may occur by themselves, without necessarily being accompanied by compulsions. In fact, about 20 percent of the people who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder only have obsessions, and these often center around fears of causing harm to a loved one” From The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook by Edmund J. Bourne

Awe I’m sorry! I totally know what you mean. I had noticeable compulsions in the beginning as I there the knife set away, I didn’t want to be alone with my wife, I googled and rumination. But now I don’t have any other those except for rumination and it made me question if I have ocd as well. I’m glad I could help out a fellow friend. I hope this helps you gain back some ground that ocd has rudely taken from you 😊

@Dre83 yes I was exactly the same in the beginning wouldn't have knives in the house or any sharp objects,constantly asking for reassurance and constantly googling. but my compulsions now are mostly mental ones like checking things over in my head etc apart from that its googling that's my main one. have you suffered with harm ocd for a while? X

@Kimberley* Since last May never had ocd before hand got it at age 36

@Kimberley* Had a nightmare about stabbing my wife and freaked the fuck out. Was going to commit myself to the psych ward but psychiatric nurse practitioner said they won’t take me unless I was a threat

@Dre83 I've had episodes of OCD from being little, sorry to hear you've had a hard time with it. its just awful. and I feel harm OCD is especially hard to deal with. it makes you not trust your own mind. hate it. X

@Kimberley* Yeah harm ocd is tough it makes you question who you are and question a lot. I can’t imagine dealing with this for my whole life. Toughest thing I’ve ever had to deal with in life

Hi! I just want to say that for a lot of people with these subsets of OCD, the rumination IS a compulsion. So if you're doing doing physical things, that doesn't mean you're not giving into compulsions. Compulsions are anything that are going to give you temporary relief like "why did I think of that? What does thid say about me? I need to get to the bottom of this before I can feel ok" and these are all mental compulsions. I don't know too much about ERP yet as I'm just starting out but with any OCD, you want to accept the thought you had without giving into those mental rituals/compulsions! I hope that helps a little :)

@California2325 yes definitely i agree, alot of my compulsions are mental but because I'm so used to it it doesn't feel like compulsions if you get me. I feel physical compulsions are so much easier to identify. X

@Kimberley* 100%!! That's why it's so hard to stop myself or even recognize that I'm doing a compulsion :/

@California2325 same 😔 i feel so lost with it all at the moment. hope your feeling ok today. X