Ignoring is bliss. How to recover from OCD.

Suppose you are standing in a group of people. I approach you and shout "Hey, when are you going to return my ten dollars?" You are in a fix. You start thinking, "What shall I say? If I ask "When have I borrowed any money from you?", people will think I am trying to cheat him of his money. If I say ''Never!", it will be worse. It will be like admitting that I have borrowed money from him. If I say "Later", he will come again! Dreadful! If I say "Now", I'll have to pay him ten dollars! Oh what shall I do? What shall I do?"

Your anxiety is increasing. Your stomach is in knots. You are on the verge of tears. You have no escape.

Except one. If you will look away as if you haven't heard, I will think you are deaf and walk away to pick someone else.

My question is obsession.
Your answer is compulsion.
Your suffering is OCD.
Your looking away is the path to recovery.

What if you will act on your compulsion and pay me ten dollars? Your anxiety will reduce. But only temporarily. I will visit you again tomorrow. The cycle will be endless. You will be in my permanent grip.