yep i struggle with this for me its more internal though - im less worried about the potential effects of being cancelled i do still worry about those as a creative - and also about the actual social interactions that would come with such a thing since im autisitic and have social anxiety but those worries are less obsessive somehow and more about what if i really am a bad person its sort of a metaphysical contamination theme at its core for me i sometimes explain it as the bad parts of twitter cancel culture living in my own head  the way i deal with it is by reminding myself that all i can do is hold myself to my own moral standard i try my best to be a good person a good ally and friend to stand up for my ideals when i can and be true to them to apologize if i make a mistake other than that i cant control how other people see me or react to things i can only build a sense of self-faith and self-worth independent of those things - a knowing of my own heart and intentions and a knowing that even if i did make some horrible mistake i could apologize and practice self-forgiveness   that said ocd also makes that hard by making me almost overly scrupulous about following my moral ideals and not being a hypocrite and by coming up with conspiracy theories about my own thoughts and emotions eg what if im secretly an evil person because i enjoy the horror genre  as someone else said i also find it helpful to focus on what i can do to have a positive effect on other people rather than what i can do to potentially protect myself from negative effects its hard when a lot of those negative effects could potentially come from the cancel culture that lives in my head but thats where that sense of self-worth and self-faith and self-forgiveness comes in again - along with an understanding of how ocd works and how this is just another theme  youre not alone but one other thing that helps me to remember is that ocd tends to attack your actual values so if youre struggling with this theme chances are you actually care a lot about being a good person and doing your best not to hurt people which is a good thing even though ocd distorts it