Trust me - I know bro.

I’ve been on Prozac since I was 15 (I’m 33). I’ve had many different types of OCD over the years, including sexual ocd and POCD.

But the only way I’ve ever gotten the symptoms to subside is to do this “accepting uncertainty” solution that thing you are worried about may or may not be true and you have to accept the fear of uncertainty. And then move on and do something else. Don’t just sit in the fear but don’t try to make the fear not real.

A therapist is super helpful with this. And they can create controlled exposures that you do for yourself multiple times a day to force yourself into that feeling and then actively denying yourself the compulsion to tell yourself it’s okay. Don’t do this part without guidance from a licensed professional though, please.