thank you so much for this i’ve struggled with ocd for the past 10 years been on various medications and i’ve had one of the worst episodes for the last month that i can ever remember   the part where you say ‘checking feelings’ is exactly what’s rough for me right now a thought comes up about a loved one and then i continuously have to check my feelings that the thought is wrong and i need to find a feeling to feel that creates reassurance and sometimes i find it sometimes i don’t sometimes it takes 30 minutes and sometimes it takes hours   it’s been crippling  in a very bad space right now