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Originally Posted by Khione
Do you think I should mention OCD to my doctor and see what he says? I didn't know these thoughts could be OCD related.
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Hello. Before doing this, I suggest you look at the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). Here is a link to the test:
http://www.stlocd.org/handouts/YBOC-...-Checklist.pdf
You can print it out and give it to your doctor if you seem to have a lot of symptoms. The difference between GAD and OCD to me is how realistic it is. OCD thoughts are less likely to happen (like the examples I mentioned before) than GAD thoughts (like I'm going to fail my test as an example). It could be possible. I find it sometimes hard to draw the line between GAD and "Pure-O" OCD. But just to note, both GAD and OCD thoughts are very unrealistic. Hope this helps [emoji3].
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