'o.O Holy crap, that was somewhat like me. I can't really help, sadly, since I'm struggling plenty, but I definitely experience what you have said, and this has been an issue since I was pretty young. :\ Best of luck to you. I've only just started to get help with OCD, and it's a tough ride already, so well done for us both getting help. :P Oh, BTW, with those intrusive thoughts, there's something I get that IDK if maybe you'll relate to, but I've gotten so used to them that I stress out over something that could lead to one, but doesn't.. similar to how you say that you think about your thinking, I seem to stress out about the possibility of being stressed out, so it kinda just goes nowhere really; it's almost like I'm doomed if I do, and doomed if I don't. -.-

"just want to know if there are any others who have experienced this" - So in a nut shell: DING DING DING! ME! *raises hand* xD

PAYNE1, the way you worded that, it's like the whole of PC is just totally redundant; we are also useful, because we have, often many years of personal experience in it, and a lot of us have seen professionals and can pass on what helped them. The way you put your message, was, to me, offensive - obviously they should get professional help, but simply posting and insinuating that they shouldn't ask for advice from other people because they're not a psychologist, is pretty unfair, IMO - afterall, the majority of us here and not in said profession, so why are we all here? I highly doubt anyone joined the site simply to be told to go see a doctor. Not trying to kick dust in anyone's eyes, but what you said really got under my skin; it felt totally disrespectful, if not to me, then to almost the whole of PC. :\ Hopefully it was just a case of miswording or I somehow misread.