Dear brothers and sisters, ocd is not your friend, therefore do not treat it as such, it is not to be nurtured or to be given the benefit of the doubt by fearing what it says. Ocd is also not even the enemy, it has no power over you nor should you treat it as such. Ocd is barely just a loud stranger who is to be ignored, and when the tike is right confronted and told to go away. The way we stand up to ocd is through erp and facing our fears. The more you run from your fears the more they will chase you, the moment you turn and face your fears, you take them by surprise and take all power away from them, if they can't chase you then what power do they have? Intrusive thoughts are as human as breathing and you don't control either one of them. But when you try to control either one you realize they're best left alone. This is where trust comes in. Trust in your body, it does things we sometimes don't understand but that's ok let it be, trust therapy because it's there to help guide us when we need help, and trust your Heavenly Father who created you with all His love and has never abandoned you nor will He ever do so. The same God that created the universe created you and thought that this world was not complete without you in it. Allow Him to love you as you are, trust Him. God bless you