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Old 31-08-2013, 11:38 AM   #1
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Primarily Obsessional OCD (Pure OCD)

Does anyone have this?

Here is the symptoms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primarily_Obsessional_OCD

I just read about it in The Guardian... I actually gasped because finally there was someone experiencing the same horrible, intrusive thoughts I am having.

So it appears there's a name for it- primarily obsessional OCD.

Does anyone here have it?

It started off with me worrying I was gay. It was a real fear, but I have to say I am not homophobic. But I was scared because at the time I was a christian, and in a very christian household, so the ramifications of being gay would not exactly be pleasant. Now, that fear has mostly gone. I no longer identify as a christian really, and I am very open minded and think it's wonderful gay people can finally get married etc. So it doesn't scare me as much any more.

But my new fear has emerged, and I don't really want to write it out. It's about hurting a specific group of people, and it's about the worst thing a person can do. The more I tell myself to stop thinking about it, the more it pops into my head. Like trying not to think of a pink elephant. So I get tense whenever I am around this group of people, and constantly 'check' myself.

It makes me feel like I am going insane.



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Old 31-08-2013, 12:07 PM   #2
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I have traits of it as part of the general OCD I have. Often mine are to do with driving. Ie running someone over on purpose or crashing into a river with my son in the car. I have lots of other random ones too but I probably wouldn't share them publicly as they're pretty shameful.

For me it's all tied up in a lot of other complex mental health stuff so it's pretty hard to fix or treat. It leads me to avoid situations quite often though so I won't get anxious about it.




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Old 31-08-2013, 04:58 PM   #3
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Yeah I am a very anxious person, whatever there is to worry about I obsessively worry about!



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Old 31-08-2013, 07:05 PM   #4
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www.ocfoundation.org is a good site for info.

i think the general professional opinion at this point is that Pure O isn't really anything different from regular OCD. when people say "purely obsessional" that is almost always inaccurate. they have compulsions just like anyone else with ocd, only the compulsions they engage in are mental rather than physical, and aren't something that can be observed from the outside, or are primarily avoidance compulsions (for instance, people who are afraid they might be gay often will avoid looking at anyone's body who is of the same sex as them, and would only look at their face, or avoid reading articles about gay pride, along with constantly reassuring themselves that they aren't gay, or engaging in a compulsion of trying to analyze and figure out whether or not htey are gay or quantifying their feelings, and what evidence they have for and against it. or they will dress certain ways and talk certain ways to be sure that they aren't appearing gay to others)

even in your description of your new fear, you've already mentioned a compulsion, "checking"... additionally, you avoided saying what your fear was, presumably because you are scared to say it because you feel it is so horrible and unacceptable, and fear how having that fear would reflect on you... which is also a compulsion.

people who think their ocd is purely obsessional tend to have a harder time with getting effective treatment because they think ERP (exposure and ritual prevention) won't work for them because they don't have rituals/compulsions. in reality, ERP is still the best and most effective treatment, you just have to get more creative with thinking of how to avoid rituals or purposely do things that set of the anxiety




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Old 01-09-2013, 11:09 AM   #5
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That's very interesting. I didn't realise I had any compulsions.

I do sometimes get other compulsions, such as do this or x will happen, but they are quite infrequent and don't really take over my life.



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Old 01-09-2013, 09:03 PM   #6
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Hello yep I have ocd what ppl refer to as pure o. I have the intrusive thoughts and there horrible plus I get the checking and counting to try and counteract the intrusive thoughts. I completely relate. I'm sorry your struggling. I'm here if you ever want to talk.
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