My first theme was gender related. I was scared that people would mistake me for a boy. To prevent that I only wore dresses and skirts and I kept my hair very long.

Another obsession I had was my glasses prescription. I was scared that no one would ever get it right. I constantly checked if my glasses actually helped and I spent hours researching on how to tell if my prescription is wrong.

After that I developed an obsession with my sexual orientation. I wrote a post about it, so I won't write too much about it here.

After that I briefly developed an obsession with having Tourette's syndrome. That obsession went away fast and I went back to being obsessed with my sexuality.

I feel like I wrote this post. My themes are pretty much exactly like yours. EXACTLY!

I've had a lot of these same thoughts since I was a child! Fear of being possessed was a big one along with "rightness" of a relationship. When I was 17, I had the obsession with my sexual orientation. I also couldn't stop thinking that I might accidently hurt my family somehow and have to live with the guilt for the rest of my life.

My first was parasites, I spent SEVEN years checking, making my mom check and not being able to go to the bathroom "all the way" as I feared worms would come out. THANK GOD that ended before I went off to college. I feel like an idiot for what I used to do lol. At the time I was also a hypochondriac, I am no longer THANK GOD lol. BUT, things turned towards OCD and me seeing something else was wrong since I was still obsessing.

Next, along the same lines, I thought I had a tapeworm in me for 1.5 yrs. Frickin awful! I was tested 3 times but never believed the negative results, OF COURSE!

-Thought I was balding, used to make my mom check my head

-used to stop breathing every time I'd start to fall asleep cuz I was so focused on my breathing. I thought I was going to die and not wake up. Terrible terrible, I just wanted to be able to SLEEP!

-I thought my parents would die in a car accident every time we were apart (had this fear since I was little little but in college it became an obsession where I would actually check the news for an article :/ )

-I went through a food poisoning obsession, thankfully this only lasted one semester in college cuz if it had lasted longer I would have lost so much more weight. With this obsession I started to enjoy starving myself so it caused other issues....

-I feared I was or was turning gay. this obsession lasted a year the first time and then came back for a second round. Now, not being able to identify yourself or know who you are is the scariest thing in the frickin world!!! The reason I had this obsession was cuz I was in a bad relationship and actually wasn't sexually attracted to my partner, not do to the fact that I was gay but to the fact that I wasn't attracted to how overweight he was and other things about him that were turn offs. I was terrified and felt like I needed him and couldn't live without him. I was confusing love with need. He was my first relationship. That obsession acutally came back for one week after I broke it off with my ex cuz I was like "how can I not be attracted to a man if I am straight?". But then I was like wait no I'm being dumb. That would be ridiculous to be attracted to every man on this earth, I'd be one crazy women. How could I possibly choose just ONE? haha

Oh yes, I also went through being terrified that I was really a guy but in a girls body. I was so scared

Some of my themes are/were: cleanliness and neatness. Everything in my house has a place and there is a place for everything. I don't even like a hair on my head out of place. I also twittle things; especially my hair over and over, especially when I am reading or sitting still. I use to constantly look out of my windows frequently to check for intruders. (day or night). I also don't like numbers that aren't even. I try very hard to give correct change so I won't get any pennies back. I use to throw pennies in the trash because they made things so uneven. When i pump gas, I have to have it end on the dollar amount exactly because if not, I will have to keep pumping until it is at $.05 or something round like that. I use to also feel like a sexual deviant with my disturbing sexual thoughts but those subsided when I had my child. Every now and then a thought does creep in. I have had only one anxiety attack several years ago. I also used to dread hearing funny noises from my car, becasue I would instantly think it was going to break down, so then I became anxious trying to figure out how I was going to pay for another car. Whew!

Oh, and I also used to think that I had diabetes. Took several blood glucose tests that denied this. Still kinda feel like I may be pre-diabetic, though.

It all started with a simple fear of snakes. Then it spiraled into me not being able to go to the bathroom or stand near cracks in doors and under dressers and stuff because I'm scared one might pop out at me. That's my main theme, but others include all of yours almost exactly, sonjanicole5.

I could just cry. I JUST joined this group and the was the first thread I pulled up. I cannot believe how much I relate.

I was afraid I was gay. Isn't that funny. Didn't remember this until I read what you all wrote.

I am afraid I am going to hurt one of my cats accidentally. Or that one of my meds will make me so mad I will not be able to control myself (doing a lot of med research today).

Can't go to the gym. I am afraid of the time it takes to get ready in the locker room. IOW, the time it keeps me away from my apartment because ....

I am so afraid while I am away someone will break in and hurt and/or let my cats out so I need to be HOME to keep my home safe.

I check and re-check my closets once I do get home to make sure no one is hiding in them. I used to be able to only check once but now it seems to be happening more than that.

I have to sip water in increments of threes.

I have trouble wearing articles of clothing because I am afraid I will spill on them or tear them or in some way ruin them. Once I am done wearing something for the day, I hang it up on a hanger and hang it from my shower rod so it can "stay clean."

I am terrified of dogs and yet I work in the pet food industry performing demos at independent pet stores. When a dog comes in and then another dog comes in I am positive they are going to fight. And a bloody battle at that.

Oh, also, I have to put just cleaned glasses behind the glasses that were already in the cupboard. And just cleaned plates below the plates that are already there. I guess I want everyone to" get their turn."