Will I judge that some of my OCD-related fears have 'come true' by the end of the year?
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I have OCD, specifically, OCD focused on harming others or otherwise acting inappropriately in a way that harms myself. I've written a description of my experiences here:

https://philosophybear.substack.com/p/harm-ocd-a-brief-introduction?utm_source=publication-search

If:

  1. A fear of mine

  2. That I have because of OCD

  3. Which is a "major fear"- with significant consequences for my life

In my judgment "comes true" by the end of the year, I will resolve this market yes.

I have OCD, not psychosis, and so it is rare (though not unheard of) for me to be delusional about a matter in the medical sense of delusional. I will not resolve the market on a hunch. "Coming true" in the sense I mean it is a very definite thing. Therefore, I think the risk of me resolving the market in the positive by error is very low. However, just in case, if I am considering a positive resolution I will wait 1 month to do so- to verify there is indeed a major impact on my life.

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Is there a cause for this OCD that you can trace back to/aware of? (not completely sure how it will help the question, but might be helpful to see what kind of fears you had before)

Have you ever harmed yourself? (I consider the harming others to be extremely unlikely)

@Siebe the sense of "harm (my)self" here is not self-harm in the psychological sense, but something more like imprudent, reflexive or unconscious behaviour that causes me serious difficulties. In that sense, I have "harmed myself" before, but not in a way that relates to my OCD fears, or at least not relates to my fears and is in any way serious.

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@PhilosophyBear okay thanks (glad to hear)

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Do you consider this to have ever happened previously in your life? Has a major OCD-related fear ever 'come true'?

@Bayesian I don't believe so. Perhaps there have been some things which if you squint at them maybe look like that, and which maybe I would have said yes at the time? But I don't think even that is true, no,