I haven’t been on here in years. I’ve had ocd for 30 yrs. diagnosed and have been in remission for 4 yrs. exactly 2 months ago my harm ocd came back. I have been through various themes from hiv ocd, rocd, schiz ocd, health ocd, religious ocd, and the worst harm ocd. I’ve been through harm ocd probably 15 times in the 30 yrs I’ve had ocd. It has been about just about everyone I love at one time or another. But the worst is when it is about my son who is 15. I literally go from being a carefree happy funny dad to a nervous scared horrified nervous wreck when harm ocd starts. I used to have the usual what if thoughts or knives and such but years ago it got to where I got desensitized to those thoughts and the intrusive what if thoughts turned into I want to thoughts and this literally floored me. I am 110% opposite from these thoughts and the sheer shock and fear I feel from these thoughts is pure torture. I have so many compulsions. Checking lights, appliances, locks, parking brakes etc. I do these because ocd makes me think of I don’t then it means I want to harm others. I also have mental compulsions of mental checking, confessing, and asking for reassurance, and googling online. I used to ask myself questions to prove to myself that it was all ocd but now when it gets bad it’s like I can’t answer and that starts the worry loop again. But then when I have clarity usually at night I know for a fact that it’s all ocd and know for a fact I’ve never wanted to harm a soul and never will. This last until I wake up the next morning and I check to see if I’m still well and it’s back again. It’s almost like I’m bringin it back and it makes for a whole day of worrying, checking, etc to try to prove it’s ocd and not me. That’s how it works for me. I check my reaction and thoughts when I look at loved ones and of course this brings on more thoughts. It’s like I set myself up for keeping the loop of fear going. I love my child and family more than life and I would gladly give them my last breath in a second. That’s the truth. My problem is it’s always hard to accept it’s ocd when the thought comes in the form of want to instead of what if I want to. I know it’s a trick of ocd and I know I have beat it before and it takes time but any words of encouragement would be appreciated. I’m feeling terrified scared and hate this. It’s like a battle with my own mind. Thank yall