i dont know if ocd is about avoiding situations that might potentially trigger ones anxiety i guess that depends a lot on the specific type of ocd like checking is a really big deal and that isnt exactly avoidance   i have pocd and hocd and constantly look up really unpleasent stuff to assure myself im not a psycho i feel a need to look at really bad cases and feel repulsed to convince myself im not like that but i guess thats sort of the difference between mostly obsessive or compulsive traits but then again i have a 3 year old nephew i have never seen because i can be afraid of somehow causing him harm not physically or mentally but like im not supposed to interfere with his life at all because i dont feel like im a good person and constantly afraid i could do or say something that would make my family feel less about me