Just recently someone called my attention to this disorder, but reading about it makes me fairly sure that I have this. It started during my prolonged withdrawal off benzodiazepines but this is what plagues me constantly. Along with other w/d symptoms.

Has anyone been diagnosed with this? I am constantly obsessing over something. Increased anxiety, for any reason, causes me to have absolutely horrific intrusive thoughts. Such as thinking of hurting someone or myself or driving off a bridge. They are seriously frightening and I cannot dismiss them immediately. Evidently people do have these fleeting thoughts but do not dwell on them. They certainly have destroyed my peace of mind. I cannot take antidepressants and I have already had DBT which is similar to cognitive behavior therapy or CBT. CBT is supposed to help this Pure-O a lot or SSRI's.

I don't do the compulsive behaviors like hand washing, checking. Just obsess over everything, all the time. I think it does not turn off while I am "sleeping" either.

Can anyone relate???