Fear of not understanding what I hear

[Freckles]

My OCD is related to my husband. My obsessions seem to hone in on him and our relationship. I am always afraid that I am not hearing things right when he says something to me. For instance, his boss's name is Jimmy . . .but everytime he talks about Jimmy I wonder if he is saying "Jenny". This goes on until I move on to something else I feel I've misunderstood.

How do you cope with this type of thing? My insurance has changed and I can't go to the therapist for about a month although I am on prozac for this.

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I also wonder if this is common to OCD? I feel like a freak sometimes.

 

[Daniel E.]

I would suggest reading more about OCD, especially reading the book Brain Lock, which is available at a lot of libraries. There is also a Kindle version which can be viewed on the PC and an abridged audio version. (If you look around on the Internet, you may be able to get a free trial to Audible.com.)

http://books.google.com/books?q="re...illa:en-US:official&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp