daja

Indeed. I doubt your folks are sitting with a load of anxiety over this. 

And I doubt they are careless people. 

So what does that tell you about what your OCD is saying, as opposed to what your nearest and dearest are saying? 

To whom should you be listening? 

I hear you Roy. I need another big tidy up which will relieve some anxiety.

When I spoke to my Dad about the artex he said there are only small amounts of asbestos like 0.001 whatever. He can understate things sometimes.

Hey that's OK  (just don't turn it into a neutralising thought). 

I wanted reassurance from the forum but realised it’s not what to do.

Yep. The methodology is initially fine - my therapist told me to do this to take the higher road with the OCD before then refocusing away, but it's just a staging post to gentle but firm easing away which is the overall goal - it mustn't become a neutralising compulsion

Maybe yes.

I agree with Roy, to say nobody has OCD suggests he/she does not have experience of the condition. I would try to not get too hung up on what has been said Daja. 

Thanks Avo. He’s said it before to me so I am used to it.