Ups and downs with reassurance:(

[purplerain1985Participant]

I think my brain is so used to using reassurance to cope that my OCD is trying to get to me other ways. Today I was on my way to work and was at a traffic light. I saw a car a distance away. Not close enough to tell exactly who was in the car. However I saw two people in a car. Told myself it was my friend and someone else. She doesn’t even live in the same neighborhood as me and my brain has played tricks on me before. I’ve gotten all anxious in public before telling myself it was her and then when I took a breath and calmed down I realized it wasn’t even her. Of course then I let it get to me and got sad, telling myself she found a better friend than me ?

god bless you for your support. ?

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