Hi all,
Firstly I hope you are all well and keeping safe in this uncertain time!
I have struggled with my mental health most of my life - approximately 10 years -and all my therapies and medications have been focused around depression/anxiety. It was only recently a pop-up appeared on my social media that described OCD and, being interested in understanding the struggles that others face, I read the attachment. However, reading this I started to see many facts that occurred within myself.
For years I have been consumed by horrible, horrible thoughts such as my family being dreadfully hurt, my car bursting into flames as I am driving and the fear that I may become sexually attracted to kids (although I have absolutely no sexual attraction to them). These thoughts are so vivid to me and cause me so much agitation and distress to the point that I need to constantly phone my family to check they are alive, only drive when extremely necessary and if so check my car frequently and avoid situations with children present.
I cannot find much information online about these obsessive thoughts to see if this could potentially be OCD so I thought getting some advice from people going through something similar may help.
Obviously I am not seeking a diagnosis here; just some advice as to whether or not to speak to a doctor and, in your opinions, if this could maybe be OCD.
