OCD: A Way of Distracting Myself From Something Even Scarier?
Category: WELLNESS
This is exactly how my OCD often plays out. I spend a great deal of time trying to anticipate and avoid situations that might trigger strong obsessive-compulsive cycles. When I return to awareness and realize that I've failed to keep watch, I become terrified that something awful has happened in the interim.
By Matt Bieber, Contributor
Author of Life in the Loop: Essays on OCD., 2013-10-28