So the cycle: Obsession Anxiety Compulsion Temporary relief Can an obsession be an intrusive feeling rather than obsession?

Yes

You just asked what I was going to ask. Yeah I think so and then you start obsessing what it meant whether you were thinking anything or just feeling. Worrying about worrying.

Yes, for me it always been a feeling first!

yes! I’ve always described it as more of a feeling than a thought! I find this quote helps: “What you feel is often only what you fear”

Thank you everyone! Do any of you often worry it’s GAD not ocd?

Yes but my thoughts are obsessive so??

Yeah mines very obsessive too! What theme of ocd do you have?

At the moment ages ago there was a film or a tv show I saw where an older guy came onto a 19 year old girl( I remember her age because He asked how old she was and then she said 19) anyway he starts calling her a little girl and she’s being all cute and child like, then they get it on. Problem for me is I thought she was quite hot and I need to know if thinking that was inappropriate. I also need to now how I felt when he called her a little girl. Which is impossible. So for two years everyday I have been obsessing constantly about this, to the point of what feels like insanity.

Actually seeing this written down makes me think how stupid this is.

I had a similar experience with a different obsession Tally. Where you forget what your exact thought/feeling was at the time and you obsess with trying to remember. I’ve noticed also when it comes to reassurance, once reassured we sometimes have to remind ourselves what the reassurance was. I wonder if some of us with OCD have poorer short term memories: https://www.verywellmind.com/is-ocd-associated-with-memory-problems-2510678

Yeah it’s so tough. But as far as obsessions go, looks like people on here have way worse. So I can be thankful for that. But nevertheless it’s still stressing me out!