this is really rough but i think a big part of ocd is not knowing how to believe in and strengthen that real and knowing inner voice inside of us has anyone ever related their ocd to gaslighting i have been focusing on my own healing for the past 5 months or so especially and i have made huge progress in overcoming my own ocd tendencies from identifying and coming to terms with my own experiences with childhood trauma and other gaslighting throughout my life   its a better use of your time to speak to yourself positively and be patient with yourself sometimes ocd is a way that we are avoiding things that we care and want to learn about as well for me the more i learn the more confident i feel in my ability to handle life and my ocd thoughts because hey even if i am worried about that 1 chance that the door could somehow come unlocked i also believe in myself enough to know that i can take a part of door handle and figure out the mechanics of it need be  healing from these sorts of compulsions are all about trust sometimes we just have to take the time to get to know ourselves sometimes it helps to just let ourselves know that we care 3