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These thoughts are totally normal. Everyone has intrusive thoughts to some degree. It’s us ocd sufferers who end up thinking about them too much and feeling evil because of them. That’s what OCD is, it twists everything and makes us question ourselves and our morals.
You aren’t a bad person for thinking these things, you’d be a badder person if you acted on these things and didn’t give a damn. Everyone thinks random silly thoughts, I’ve thought about pushing people over and all sorts, random people too. But ocd makes us think thoughts and feel like we will act on them and are evil. It isn’t true.
You’re just stressed with having to care for your nephew and your brother in law being so one sided with everything is stressing you out and making you think his son is annoying. He probably is annoying, kids are annoying sometimes let’s be fair. But you aren’t bad for thinking this, as I said, you aren’t acting on them so it’s okay. You don’t enjoy the thoughts so it’s okay.
It’s just your ocd playing tricks on you. Please try not to worry.
How are you feeling now?