Moral scrupulosity is a form of OCD characterized by excessive guilt, moral doubt, and a relentless need for certainty about being a good person. People may become trapped in cycles of rumination, reassurance-seeking, confession, and compulsive self-evaluation that never fully resolve their doubts.

False memory OCD is a form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder involving obsessive doubt about past events, actions, or memories.

The person becomes preoccupied with the possibility that they forgot something terrible, misremembered events, caused harm unknowingly, behaved immorally, or committed a serious mistake without realizing it. The fears often feel vivid and emotionally convincing, even when objective evidence is limited or absent.

Most people can look back on mistakes, awkward moments, poor decisions, or times they hurt someone and eventually place those experiences into a broader context of being human.

In real event OCD, however, the mind becomes trapped in obsessive guilt, doubt, reviewing, and self-punishment surrounding something that actually happened.

POCD is a form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder related to the possibility of being sexually attracted to children, becoming a danger to children, or having hidden desires that the person finds horrifying.

The core problem in OCD isn’t the presence of the thoughts themselves, but the compulsive attempts to achieve certainty, eliminate fear, or prove something with absolute confidence.

People with POCD often become trapped in cycles of fear, hypervigilance, mental checking, reassurance-seeking, avoidance, self-monitoring, and compulsive analysis. The experience is often emotionally consuming and profoundly isolating.

Many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience intrusive thoughts about harming themselves or other people.

These thoughts are often deeply unwanted, frightening, and emotionally devastating. People may become terrified that the thoughts mean something dangerous about who they are or what they might do.

This presentation is commonly referred to as harm OCD.