Therapist asked me a really tough question about my OCD, what are your thoughts?

Are you kidding??! I would absolutely take it in a heartbeat. And I'm shocked to hear people with real OCD would choose to keep it??

I have had 4 cars become unbearably contaminated and I've had to get new ones. I've even had a house and everything in it become contaminated and had to move out and I have come very close with the one I'm currently in. I've literally had no clothing because they became contaminated and I threw them all away. I've slept on my bed in the cold completely naked without a blanket because everything was contaminated. I've been unable to eat for weeks because of contamination fears.

And I also lived the first 22 years of my life completely OCD free. I went through being a kid, high school, and undergrad living totally normally. I remember how wonderful that was, just to be normal, without mental illness. Im very very glad that I was able to go through those formative years in my life as a normal person, but so pissed I have to live the rest of my 20s...and life with this misery.

/r/OCD Thread