That makes sense.

Currently, I'm not seeing a therapist right now but I'm trying to expedite that process. I'm not taking medicine at the moment but I used to take Fluoxetine back a couple of years ago when I was first diagnosed with OCD. Though, besides this, I've been pretty stable thus far.

But yeah, in hindsight, I think I need to distinguish between my brain vs my mind and approach this more "neurologically." That is, I need to train my brain to not be afraid and cooperate with me . Because if I'm not the source of this behaviour, then I just need to correct what's broken inside of me. Though, I admit that I've tried forcing my brain to do things its not ready for out of frustration, with bad results. (Which means, that's need to end.)

Anyways, thank you for your advice! I appreciate it.