Word! If you read an article about, say, some hideous crime? You think about every detail over and over all day long until you want to perform a lobotomy on yourself. Even benign stuff - a funny conversation between TV characters - gets replayed in your head on an endless loop. I hate OCD and those intrusive thoughts. Maybe it IS the devil who puts 'em in my head! :dubious:
I don’t know if I had OCD, at least no more so than any first-time parent, but IME having a baby so utterly dependent on you puts all sorts of horrible thoughts in your head you have to try your best to get rid of – but the harder you try, the harder your brain pushes back with “but what if ____ happened? OK, it’s nearly impossible, but what if it did?” and you find yourself gasping for breath from the adrenaline rush.