Hello forum users! My intention is that I will share some advice and anyone can join in and comment too. Remember that you make the choice to carry on living with ocd, and you do have control of your intrusive thoughts! Do you ever challenge them? Honestly? There’s enough evidence, that just maybe things are clean enough or straight enough or locked enough. So maybe, just maybe, we don’t contaminate the world. Medically, germs cause illnesses, not us! I’ve exhausted myself blaming myself for all sorts of contamination, but now, i’m learning to be humble and praise God. It helps me anyway!