Hi,
A very close friend of mine (male) suffers from OCD, I have helped him over the last couple of years with appointments to see various professionals and medication but he seems to be getting worse. He has a few checking rituals which tend to morph into other things over time however, the latest has been constant for 2 or 3 years. He has what some refer to as Pocd or paedophile OCD (which sounds so much worse!) basically he has terrible 'what if' thoughts surrounding children, most of the time there isn't even a child around but he will have a overwhelming fear he may be blamed for touching a child, for example tonight he came out of a shop, nobody around yet he was so anxious when getting back in the car that there may of been someone there who he may of touched, therefore he will be sent to prison, lose his house etc and so the thoughts spiral, this will eventually result in him returning to the location and continuely 'checking' nobody is there.. A simple 5 minute dash in the shop can result in a 2 hour checking session!
Does anyone have any experience of anything similar?