Papercurtain

Thank you for the reply! I really appreciate it

Hey Dr. Szymanski,

Is it possible for OCD to manifest itself in different ways over a lifetime? For example, when I was child, I would feel a compulsion to blow on my fingers to "blow away" germs, or run my fingers along walls, and make sure the lock on the front door was oriented the perfect way before going to sleep. Now I don't get any of that, but I get a lot of anxiety related to scrupulosity, as well as making sure that I'm performing ritual purifications and prayers perfectly, which then take up a lot of time, and get in the way of others things I could do.

Although I'm not professionally diagnosed, I think there's a good chance it's OCD, because one of my parents was professionally diagnosed with it. I'm really normal in other aspects of my life, but this scrupulosity and purification thing makes my life really difficult. How do I manage it?