There is no normal. Just saying.
And as for getting rid of the OCD, you won't. However, you can learn to live with it much more peaceably. It does take work and time and so you really do have to give yourself a break.
The only way I've ever been able to do this (some days better than others) is to accept that those nasty thoughts aren't going anywhere and either laugh them off (I know...that one took a couple of decades) or just shrug and move on. It's about seeing them for what they are. Streams put some really good youtube "lectures" on pure o in his journal. I don't think it's private. But if it is, they're of Dr. Phillipson.
Here: I'll just give you one of them
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=51wGc_hFOUc&feature=related

The rest you can just scroll around and find. He's very reassuring mainly because he HAS OCD. Hope it helps.

thanks I will try that

I second what Clutter said.

A real key is to not identify yourself with the thoughts that come into your head. Also, in reality thoughts are harmless. Now we attribute negative emotions to a thought like "I am going to stab my child" as opposed to the thought "I like blue bunnies".

However, both thoughts are just that. Thoughts. Learning to label the thoughts as OCD and dismiss them isn't easy as Clutter said but it does get easier with practice. Also exposure therapy can be used on certain obsessions as well.

As far as dreams, well they are just bizarre even for people without OCD. The OCD tries to make you worry about their content. Don't buy into it.

Certain books like Brain Lock, The Imp of the Mind, OCD workbook, etc are good resources. Working with a good CBT helps a bunch too. Medication can help as well.

When I was not being treated, my dreams would mimic my thoughts and be very vivid and I would wake up so sad. It would ruin my day completely. Now, I just tell myself that everyone has dreams. Especially if your thoughts consume part of your day, you will dream about that. Just like we dream about other aspects of our lives.

well i have been through this ocd dream mares.
probably will have this again...of course.
and i have been so troubled by them i wd ponder for hours..i began to think this might be the last step in me going completely insane...sleep deprivation,excesssive thinking,mental fatigue etc.was i in some internment camp,a prsioner of war being tortured ?
and so i started researching dreams b/c i know there are many ways to understand dreams..I found some relief in some of the ways of seeing dreams.lots of info but one thing that stayed with me is that all dreams,nightmares included have an ultimate purpose in aiding the health of the dreamer.
of copurse having dreams of the things i most fear at foirst feels terible.like the worst thing that i cd expewrience...but there is some saving grqce.one is that its not real,only imagined symbols, representations of"people."So maybe the mind is helping u ...by exposing u to yr fears which are merely a "dream game" so that by and by u will lose these fears.i noticed that when i had ocd nioghtmares i wd feel a sense of relief afterwards...yes the content was terrifying. but these dreams seemed to have the effect of exposure / desensitizing.helping me to grow in immunity to fears which were kind of driving my life.
So in a way these dreamgames can be almost perfect in helping..u are exposed ,go thru yr fears and upon wakenign can rest assured it was only a dream.
of course soemtimes i just dont want to deal with these gut wrenching dreams at all so i wd wake up,feel bad and then tell myself that it was merely a dream...in the end i was getting better.I wd not be surprised if having dreams is a progressive step in overcoming that particular ocd(not a worsening of ocd as they are often perceived)but a step towards getting better in ocd...U are giving yrself exposure therapy.