Thread: Pure O OCD
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Old Jun 01, 2014, 03:26 PM
gtripoli gtripoli is offline
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Originally Posted by FaithlessCat View Post
I meant i do not need to perform rituals ( hand washing, counting, turning handles ) in order to stop something from happening.
If you have OCD, I guarantee you are doing some sort of ritual in order to either neutralize or disprove your distressing thoughts. Your rituals just happen to be internal. OCD simply attacks whatever you fear the most at a given time and you driven to do something, either internally or externally, in order to calm your anxiety.