omg all the time. My husband has some OCD tendencies but not as bad as me and I regularly ask him (when I'm upset about something) "if this happened to you, why wouldn't you worry?" Like I can't for the life of me imagine how my husband handles me traveling for work- I can't handle him even leaving the house without me if I know he's going to be in a car! He just says "Well an accident is unlikely." And my response to that is "But who cares if the worst case scenario, however unlikely, would destroy your life forever???" and he just doesn't get it.

I guess I can kind of figure out how the "other half" lives when I think of a fear that just doesn't upset me. There must be *something* that other people fear, that you don't. Like for example, I have zero issues with order and tidiness. So I can at least enjoy having a normal brain in that respect, and then I try to imagine feeling like that except...about everything.

Meanwhile I have no idea how anyone with OCD can be lazy or not productive. Even with my thoughts 90% revolving around worrying, I still have multiple active hobbies, I work hard at my job, I call my mom every day...and that's using about 10% of my energy. Sorry to brag, but without OCD I imagine I'd be a superhero.