This year is my 7th year of recovery. I haven’t regressed. I am practically OCD-free. Still not on medication. I have a couple of checking compulsions. I am try to check once but I fail in checking 2 or 3 times.
This year has been a crazy year with the Covid-19 and the protests. Because of the self-quarantine, I haven’t met many people, including OCD suffers, and haven’t traveled all that much. I haven’t had the opportunity to confront my fears. I have sort forgot that I had OCD which I think is a sign of recovery.
From my experience, it is possible to be OCD-free. What I mean about OCD-free is free from the suffering. I no longer suffer from OCD anxiety. The aforementioned compulsions annoy me but I quickly forget them a few seconds afterwards.
I don’t think being purely OCD-free is attainable. The main reason is that people have a degree of OCD-ish behaviors. I see these behaviors from time to time. They may not be suffering from OCD but they do things that OCD suffers do.
Plus, there are not many things in life that are pure. Humans are imperfect, but we should try to do the best we can.
That is it. I’ll end here. I could ramble on, but I think this is good place to stop. Just remember: OCD thoughts are irrational.