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Why am I constantly worried about being pregnant?

In September of 2015 I had sex with my at the time boyfriend.(we are no longer together.) And every month since then I worry about being pregnant. It's been a long time since that encounter but yet here I am still fearing I could be pregnant and not know it. I makes me miserable! I was on birth control and took it religiously out of fear of falling pregnant and he pulled out as well. But I'm still paranoid as all get out even months after the fact. I've gotten a period every single month since. I recently stopped taking the pill because I want to loose weight and now I'm even more worried than before. I've only gained about 11 pounds since starting bc pills. And I suck in my tummy constantly to make sure nothing is in there and it doesn't help my stomach is fat (which it always has been) I have severe depression and anxiety and a form of ocd. so is this just my brain screwing with me? I'm sick of this. I remember when I was around 10 or so I was worried I was pregnant because I had kissed a boy. Am I worried over nothing or should I be worried? It doesn't help when I look up this stuff about women not knowing they were pregnant. I don't think I'll be over this until well past 9 months. Has anyone ever gone through this? I feel like I'm all alone here.
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1699033 tn?1514113133
Right now the encounter is 10 months ago.  Trust me, a person who has had 2 kids, that you would definitely know if you were pregnant.  You are not.  I can't say why you have fixated on this particular thought but I can say that if you seek the help of a psychologist they can help you figure out why you are stuck on this thought and teach you how to stop the cycle of irrational thinking.  Are you going out and buying birth control tests as part of this problem?
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