by Bert the Turtle » Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:33 am
Finding yourself professional help could only be a good thing, but I understand your reluctance to share these thoughts with your parents.
I don't know what kind of relationship you have with them, but you could simply request to see a psychiatrist for intrusive thoughts that you worry may be obsessive compulsive disorder, and ask your parents to respect your privacy regarding the nature of said thoughts. If they still press you, you could go so far as to admit that the thoughts are disturbing and even that they're of a sexual nature. That keeps the "P" element out of it, but will probably shut all further inquiries down fast.
Mere "anxiety," as Heidegger says, is at the source of everything.
-Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"
-Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time