DP,

I don't know anyone on this forum who is qualified to really comment on OCD - 
except you of course.  I'd recommend you just continue whatever medications and 
therapies your doctor has recommended.  And if you don't have a doctor, get one.

I don't have the problem you have because I really don't care what others think 
about me.  I am secure in myself and know there will always be those who 
disagree with me because of good reasons and bad.  Some might even want to hurt 
me.  I listen/read others posts and take the parts I like and discard the parts 
I don't.

Remember the advice of Groucho Marx that goes something like:  'I'm too good to 
join any club who'd want me as a member.'  In other words this is just the 
internet.  It's like going into a bar and talking with all the patrons.  Don't 
take anything you hear too seriously - both criticism of you and praise.  All 
this is just for fun.

...Bill!

--- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@...> wrote:
>
> Part of my problem is my OCD, which races to thoughts that if this person 
> disagrees with me, they must hate me, and if they hate me, they will find out 
> who I am in real life and find some way to hurt me.
> 
> Is there any way to work on this?
> 
> --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > Hi DP,
> > 
> > What you oberve in yourself is quite normal and natural in all humans to
> > a greater or lesser extent, and is due to one's sense of self, which has
> > it's own fall-out, and which fallout can be perceived as good, bad, both
> > good and bad, neither good nor bad, or all of the above, or none of the
> > above.
> > 
> > --ED.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In [email protected], "D P" <wookielifeday@> wrote:
> > >
> > I haven't been on here for a long time, and I apologize.
> > 
> > I have written about this before, but I still struggle with it. I simply
> > cannot
> > walk away from an argument, especially on the internet. I just find
> > myself not
> > able to back down when faced with an argument. It's especially hard when
> > somone
> > insults my intelligence. Obviously this is just ego. But why is it so
> > hard to
> > back down? What can I do?
> >
>




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