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Ha, I was just posting on the Anxiety board and on the OCD board. I have had OCD since I was a child. Intrusive thoughts, rituals. I have successfully conquered many of the "pulls" toward my ritualizing - until I'm under stress. Then it's a battle to overcome the thoughts of "If I do *this* than I'll prevent *that*."
Lately I've been wondering if some of the stuff I'm working on in therapy is actually causing my anxiety and OCD to flare up. Constantly focusing on triggers and such seems to set me up to get tangled in OCD behavior, rather than resisting engaging in it.
I have had a lifetime of coping with OCD. For the most part I cope by recognizing the obsession to do some kind of compulsion, accept that I have it, then force myself to resist following through.
By the way, no therapist has ever worked with me on OCD. I have done research on my own and attended groups where there were people who struggled with OCD. I've learned so much from them. I find it annoying that therapists don't seem interested in working with OCD. I don't know why they don't...maybe it's not an interesting diagnosis, or something.
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