Pure-O? HOCD? READ ME.

It maybe the case that different people have OCD for different reasons. Once you find your reasons you can work out what you need to do to fix the biological disorder. *mod edit*

those links were useful, thank you.

Hi, I have similar situation.

I also have OCD since I was 10.

I posted a topic about Hocd and Pocd with useful links

LOTS of good stuff in here: *mod edit*

"Here is what I want you to learn. The content of your thought does not count. It is irrelevant. Your thoughts have no effect on what you will do. A thought—even a very scary thought—is not an impulse. You will not act on your intrusive obsessive thoughts. Your problem is not one of impulse control. You have an anxiety disorder. They are as far apart as chalk and cheese".

I used to have a roommate with really disturbing intrusive thoughts about stuff she wanted to do to people. They were so crippling that she couldn't even go to the grocery store.
She was so terrified that the thoughts WERE her. But from the outside looking in, I could clearly see that the reason the thoughts bothered her so much was because they caused her so much anxiety. If the thoughts were truly her, then she wouldn't believe the thoughts to be disturbing, wouldn't have any anxiety about it and wouldn't ruminate on it at all.
In the end it's just anxiety's way of throwing your worst fears into the forefront of your mind, and a cycle of anxious thought -> reassurance that follows it. I have OCD as well, and i truly believe the way to get better is to break that cycle and stop reassuring yourself. It's very hard to do but the anxiety slowly lessens until you're able to look at it more clearly.

^ That. Really, really that.

Great thread, thank you.