It started slowly for the first 3-4 months, then started to accelerate exponentially.

It started with small things like longer hand washing and longer showers.

Then I would start getting uneasy feelings after doing seemingly normal things like picking something up off the ground. The uneasy feeling didn't go away until I ritualized (hand sanitizer or hand washing).

These things snowballed until I reached my current state.

I'm happy to share my experience and my eventual (God willing) success over this disease. At first I felt a lot of shame and would never talk about it, but recently I've realized that speaking about it actually helps.