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And please don't go the route that I went for years by reading every health book I could come up with...I stopped that one...I learned the hard way not to diagnose ourselves; because I betcha 100% of the time we will come up with the worst diagnosis possible... Trust your body to be healthy...I know...

Hi Cindy :) I was a bit concerened when you wrote this post, because I would not want people to get the impression that OCD can be cured in seven days. As most of us know, this is not possible. There is a process of learning and accepting new ways of thinking and it can take months if not years to g...

Good Morning. This is exactly what I had for close to five years Keiko808. I want for you to please know that alot of people have these scary thoughts and it is okay. You will not act on your thoughts. Just the fact that you fear these thoughts are a given that you will not act on them. Please feel ...

If you have a chance, please read some of my posts. I have written alot about this subject!

The best thing I feel you should do is just let the thoughts be there. Say to yourself " well, if I am crazy, I am", simple as that. You must downplay your anxiety and thoughts. The thoughts will eventually go away.

With the program, books therapy, yes. It is a lifestyle change. As I have told others, you will never get rid of your thoughts, you must downplay them and remember they are just thoughts and no more. You will always have thoughts, that is the way the mind is. You need to choose to just let them be t...

Good Morning DrugFree. I am on Paxil, 40mg. I have been on this med for about 7 years now and it has helped me tremoundsly. I was like you, against taking a med in the start, but there is nothing wrong with it. I too have scary,obsessive thoughts. I have been able to live with my thoughts now, as th...

This is very normal

Good Morning Tindra. I can, It was not my main obsession, but thinking I had some sort of one of the "scary" disorders scared me to no avail. You must remeber that these are just thoughts you are having.

Good Morning Foster :) You are not alone. There are thousands upon thousnads of people that struggle as you and I both do and this is normal! I am a "recovering" scary thought person...lol if you can put it that way. I had obsessive scary thoughts about me harming my youngest child. I went through s...