I doubt myself all the time, and I always feel a sense of guilt. It drives me crazy. I had to call and report a crime the other day, and my OCD convinced me that I had told the dispatcher that I was the one committing the crime. I had to write as much of the convo down that I could remember, but since I did not remember it 100%, I was convinced I incriminated myself.
I also have hit and run OCD, so I have to retrace my route if I felt that I was being careless and I have phone/email OCD at my job. My OCD convinces me that I say/write horrible things to clients. I feel horrible after I hang up the phone and can't remember a conversation 100%. I have even found excuses to call clients back just to analyze their voice and see if I had, in fact, said something awful. And when it's email, I double check, triple check, and so on until everything finally registers.
My triggers I would say are the fear of no longer having a clean criminal record (job related) and the fear of losing my job (also job related). A career is so important to me, I don't know what I would do if I screwed that up...
Anyone else have similar struggles or can relate?
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