Stress is making it worse.

[SarahTonin]

I've found that my OCD (I need things to be even, especially while walking.) has been getting worse with stress. The other day I missed a step while walking and couldn't make it up and I went so crazy about it I ended up scratching off a lot of skin from my foot.

How do you deal with your OCD? or How do you deal with stress that makes it worse?

 

[frank1234]

The real way to deal with OCD is to recognize that the fears that are behind it(If I don't do such and such...then such and such will happen)is of our own making, meaning that in actuality the such and such will not happen. But because we have created for ourselves to be real, therefore the threat of it also becomes real to us. So you have to concentrate on ways to de-sensetize yourself from that fear which is feeding the underlining of it all. Stress makes it worst because It adds to the already fear-based anxiety that is causing the OCD to begin with, so If it was hard to deal with OCD before, now, with the added stress, is even harder.
That is typical of all of us who are suffering from OCD. But we must recognize that The Lord is able to bring us out of it all. Once the fears are eleminated, then OCD is also easier to get rid of. So, maybe try to deal with the underlining fears that is causing your OCD. GOD Bless you.