ok as someone who has OCD (intrusive thoughts are like half the deal there) but has not read ur fic so i don’t have a whole lot of context. Intrusive thoughts are “normal” in the sense that everyone gets them, but it’s the severity of them and how you react to them that determines you’ve got smthn going on
For an example: someone without OCD can experience an intrusive thought that’s pretty violent. go “huh, that’s weird” and move on. whereas someone like me, with OCD, will get a thought like that, and even the perceived *thought* of committing some violent act will send my brain into panic mode. that causes stuff like rumination and overthinking and all the other compulsions that come with OCD
Intrusive thoughts are also associated with PTSD and some other disorders that idk off the top of my head. They tend to be more prevalent and extreme cuz you overthink. kind of the whole “don’t think of a white elephant” type situation. but yeah. do some research n stuff and don’t worry abt it too much haha
Huh *looks at ocd symptoms* Yeah. This is fun. Another thing for the list. Fabulous.
