OCD is so sneaky because intrusive "check" thoughts really feel like your brain watching out for you. But if it gets to where having ANY thought gives you a sick feeling in your stomach, you get so flooded by intrusive thoughts + distress from the intrusive thoughts + distress from Having distress and accidentally feeding into the intrusive thoughts by fulfilling the "check" at face value. And it's honestly so exhausting.
"Are you just consuming 3 types of media to prevent having a thought because our Thoughts are Dangerous??" I'm literally just multitasking my normal amount. "You want to switch your glasses and wear the ones you had in [year redacted]! [Year redacted] is when The TraumaTM happened. You are inducing a flashback!" Naur I literally just wear them when my sensory issues are bad. "Did you look right before looking left while crossing the street because Left is somehow Evil, or perhaps you are prejudiced against the general direction of Left for some reason?" Girl shut up. You make donald trump sound like a bodhisattva
