i am a very superstitious person and am constantly afraid i'll jinx myself and make my intrusive thoughts true. for example this morning i woke up to bad intrusive thoughts as i checked the time on my phone it was 3:33 am. i know three isn't a specific number for bad luck but i got scared and began performing a compulsion as to not jinx myself. one of my greatest fears is i'll wake up and be perfectly fine with my intrusive thoughts. whenever something like this happens i have to remind myself nothing bad is going to happen. it's still early so i'm gonna try and sleep

Intrusive Thoughts And Compulsions Caused By Magical Thinking OCD

I struggle with being extremely superstitious too. I have to knock on wood when someone suggests something bad happening, and waking up around 3 am freaks me out too. But I want to remind you, that pulling away from your intrusive thoughts is exactly why they cling and stay there. You have to TRY to be perfectly fine with the thoughts, and then your brain isn’t afraid of them anymore