So I looked this up and I definitely have what is called Magical Thinking OCD.

I always have to repeat "safe phrases" in my head or words that are the opposite to ones related to my fears. I do it everytime I turn on a TV, start drawing, turn on my game console, leaving my bedroom, heck even when closing tabs from websites or even starting threads. And if if my head thinks of a word related to my fears I have to frantically redo the entire process otherwise I'm afraid my fear will happen. I actually managed to stop doing it for a bit as I used a technique that made me limit how much I try to do this, something like "you only get three tries to do this ritual and after that you'll just have to deal with it" and it actually worked!

But recently its come back in full force and while its still not as bad as it once was there are still times where I find myself getting anxious unless I do the ritual right.

Sorry if this seemed hard to understand. Its hard to explain but this is how I've felt for a long time. Anyone got any extra tips to help cope with it? Thanks