how to deal with OCD

[girly1616]

I've always had obsessive thoughts and greatly focused on things. Although about a year ago I was with a boy and we were intimate and a few weeks after he told me he might have chlamydia. I got tested and I was clean but that situation was like a trigger for me. Ever since then I am completely terrified I have contracted an STD from one of my past partners. It turned into always having to get myself tested for things like chlamydia, HIV, syphilis.  But as soon as those test turned up negative I moved on to being worried about having a diffrent STD, my latest one is herpes. I can't take this anymore and I don't know what to do. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to cope with this issue and relax

[123tushar07]

if u practice safe sex, then dont go for check ups again and again, if people gets disease it will be noticable on their body, ur checking is working as compulsive part for ocd, so stop it, plus u have to learn cognitive behaviour therapy from a pychologist , if ur anxiety is too much then u should start taking medication also with consult from a pychiatrist

[JGF25]

You have developed a form of health anxiety.  You need to see a psychologist who teaches cognitive behavioral therapy.  If you practice safe sex, you are not going to get any STDs but the reality is me saying that probably isn't going to make you feel better.  You need to learn self-coaching strategies to get you through these thoughts without making a monster out of them.  "Normal" people have these thoughts and are able to let them go...we just get stuck on them.