@ocdbrian: Racism OCD is not secretly being a r@cist. It is counting out change for a friendly customer and your brain suddenly screaming that a slur is about to come out of your mouth. So you cover your mouth with one hand. Then both hands. Then you turn your back on the whole store and stare at the wall. Sound familiar? Sound exhausting? Here is the trap: every cover buys a few seconds of quiet, and the doubt learns that covering is on offer, so next time it asks for more. The thought feels so awful precisely because it goes against everything you believe. Your values were never the danger in this story. The question that will not let go of you is. (Also, your mouth has been saying "have a good night" on autopilot for years. Autopilot is boring. That is kind of the point of it.) If that sounds like your brain and not just one strange shift, Choiceful is the app I recommend for OCD. It builds a 100% personalized treatment course around your exact intrusive thought, has 24/7 therapy chat for the moments the loop will not close, and users see clinically significant improvement in OCD symptoms. She just wanted her change. #ocd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocdawareness #ocdrecovery #MentalHealth #mentalillness #anxiety