I remember telling my (past) therapist that I was scared of randomly forgetting how to walk, forgetting how to breathe, and even fear of stopping my heart if I thought too deeply about it. She didn’t understand these feelings I was having, and even stated that they were a bit ‘unusual’. Even I didn’t understand them, until I’ve recently realized that fear of loss of control is a component to OCD. It’s such a relief knowing why I have these anxieties, now.

i felt immediate relief when i was diagnosed with ocd, i had suspected it for a while to but it wasnt until i met my second therapist that she was able to confirm it and give me the help i need. i agree that being able to put a name to whats affecting your daily life give you a little more power over your ocd, but it also allows you to treat that piece of knowledge with kindness instead of “wtf is wrong with me”. ocd does Not make self compassion any easier but self compassion does make it easier to live with ocd if that makes sense