The OCD Loop

It usually starts with a thought you didn’t ask for:

“What if I made a mistake?”

“What if I hurt someone?”

“What if I never stop thinking this?”

That thought brings a wave of anxiety.

So you do something to feel safer — a ritual, a habit, a quick check.

And for a moment... it works.

But then it comes back.

• The compulsions get harder to resist

• The thoughts get louder

• And life starts to shrink