HyperMorality OCD, All or Nothing....

Imagine feeling the need to be the perfect person?

Imagine making or thinking 1 tiny thing that is wrong and being made to feel like you are worse than a child abuser, murderer or rapist?

Well that is what many sufferers of Hypermorality OCD have to go through almost every single day, Hypermorality OCD is a form of OCD where as you may of guessed, involves people feeling they have to be almost perfect, classic examples are.

• Should/ Must Thinking (Perfectionism)

• “I must always tell the truth, no matter what, because it’s the right thing to do.”

• “I should never drive over the speed limit, no matter what.”

• All-or-Nothing Thinking (Black and White Thinking)

• “I may have heard someone talking about part of the test yesterday, so I’ll be a cheater if I answer any of those questions.”

• “If I accidentally under-report my income by $100 on my taxes, I’m committing major tax fraud.“

• Discounting/ Minimizing the Positive

• “It doesn’t matter that I often give money to homeless people – I’m a horrible person because I didn’t give any money to a homeless person today.”

• Emotional Reasoning

• “I am a bad wife because I noticed another man who is attractive.”

• Hyper-Responsibility

• “If I don’t remind my wife to wear her seatbelt, she’ll be in violation of the law and it’ll be my fault.”

• “I cannot enjoy a movie about rapists, murderers etc because it’ll mean I’m supporting such crimes, maybe secretly wanting to commit such crimes?"

Violating such rules similar to the above will involve a heightened sense of guilt, depression feeling like you are a horrible worthless person and it can even mean for some sufferers such as myself the sufferer punishing themselves by having to avoid anything that makes them happy or really enjoy.