I used to have pure O. But now it's turned to OCD. Still I don't always have compulsions to my obsessions, but most I do now.

Pure O is difficult to deal with because there is no relief. No compulsion. (not that compulsions help much anyway) It's constant wreaking on the anxiety and it's hard to catch because usually if I catch an obsession it's because I've done a compulsion for it. It's easier to catch actions then thoughts eh?

My pure O turned to OCD after I started working on trauma work and compulsions helped me feel in control more. And by in control it really led to out of control. So perhaps that was a bad way to turn!

Now if I have a repetitive thought I have a routine I must do to make sure it doesn't happen. Before the thoughts kept going and going and going and making me mad. Now I can't stop the routine that sometimes gets out of hand.