OCD is a terrible thing.  It has contributed to me washing out of two separate jobs, as well as a constant burden of guilt and shame for (often, imagined) wrongs done to others.  It won't allow me to function, I obsess for the better part of the day, every day.  Even writing this blog is a challenge.[br][br]I'm what others call a "Pure O" obsessive.  Yes, I have compulsions just like others in the Pure O category – I seek reassurance, I withdraw from society, I constantly ruminate on these thoughts.  But at the core is an obsessive mind delivering blows on a constant basis. [br][br]My latest kick is sleeping in to absurd hours of the mid-afternoon, staying awake for only 8-10 hours a day.  The way I figure it, if I'm sleeping, I'm not obsessing.  Although there's evidence this isn't exactly true – I'll often wake up in a panicked state with a new obsession on my mind that wasn't there before I slept.[br][br]I'm feeling more and more hopeless.  The thoughts are becoming more powerful, harder to resist, and they are bringing increased feelings of guilt, also.  I am eating less.  I am losing weight.  My right knee is constantly bouncing in an anxious way, this has been going on for weeks.[br][br]I've been trying to read "Brain Lock" but my obsessions distract me from the task every time.  I thought reading was supposed to be a coping skill!  Speaking of coping skills, I really don't have many.  My mom tells me to distract myself somehow, but what ends up happening is that my OCD distracts me from the distraction, and I'm back at square one.  Today I am what I call "in between" – like jobs, only replace jobs with obsessions.  I've been able to beat a couple of obsessions, but my mind is constantly looking for the newest way to punish itself.  I fear what that will be. [br][br]Does anyone have any helpful tips of good coping skills that I could use to help my OCD?  I'm desperate for help.