hi CRMB, welcome and thanks for posting your comment, and yes I know what it's like, I've had OCD for 57 years, and it will vary on how severe you have it on different days, so if you're having a terrible day then it's going to be worse than when your day is OK, however not necessarily so when I say this, it depends on the person because it affects us all in various ways.
If you drink alcohol then it maybe bad with numerous intrusive thoughts.
I'm on medication for depression but it's also aimed at anxiety which is why OCD happens, it hasn't stopped me from doing these habits/rituals,and whether or not it has improved my condition well I can't honesty say, unless I stop taking this AD, but I don't want to even try that because at times when I haven't had my medication for a day or so I fall back into depression, it's a gamble I don't want to take.
What I do know is that these habits/rituals have changed throughout my life, what I used to do years ago I don't them anymore, but they have been replaced by something else, however what I have learnt to do is hide them when I'm doing them, so nobody can me see me doing them.
Could you please google 'intrusive thoughts' there is an enormous site where different people have posted, and including myself, please let me know how you get on and what you think. Geoff.
