Hi maria, I have ocd also ,i know how you feel i have suffered with ocd
since 1980's ,no one diagnosed mine until 1990 i also have checking
behavour and germ phobia and superstions like if i dont do a certain
thing i will get bad luck,i a always looking for reasurrance that drives
my family crazy, i had a therapist that specialized in ocd but he left
to work at a hospital ,so now i only see a psychiatrist once every three
months ,and i attend an anxiety group once a week, but everyone doesn't
have ocd there but i get to talk about it,i used to go to amn ocd group
twice a month which i found helpful and saw others just like myself, but
it ended because not enought peolpe were coming to keep it going ,my dr
wanted me to take paxil but i tryed it few years ago didn't care for it
,right now i'm under some stress so i'm having a hard time controlling
ocd , i find reading the books about it is helpful, .i am trying what i
read in the book to put a rubber band around your wrist and snap it
whenever you have a bad thought or start to obsess lol ,it works at
times not always but it's worth a try ,if you need to vent about it e
mail me anytime my e mail is: take care .... Ruthie [
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