A reminder to everyone on here reading through other people’s posts looking for reassurance: put your phone down! Close the app! I know this feels like the most important thing in the world right now, but you’re just continuing the obsessive compulsive cycle. Listen to music, or go for a walk, or read a book. Do something that isn’t trying to prove or disprove whatever your fear is. I’m betting you’ve done this a thousand times before, and I’m betting that you still don’t have a satisfactory answer. What makes you think that this time will be different? I’m writing this to myself as much as anyone else; I just went down a reassurance rabbit hole, triggered by reading a post on here.

You’re totally right girl I’ve been on the same boat

My OCD is offended… im happy 😄

If it wasn't so frustrating, it would be almost funny. But my OCD tells me this so often. This time it will be different. This time you will actually hurt someone. This time your fear will become true. This time your compulsion will work. On and on.

i get the same way, but in a different context! every time i tell myself i need to take a break, my brain goes "but what if this is the time that something actually happens?" and i feel myself needing to check/reassure in order to feel safe again.

@pamela97 Yeah, I get a whole cascade of what ifs too. OCD sucks. 😟

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Thank you for this! You're so right! We need to hold each other accountable on here. It's so natural to want to help each other by offering reassurance, but we're just contributing to OCD that way.