For my clients who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or OCD issues- I want to make something clear: Just because you do not have a compulsive ritual (hand washing, stair counting, etc) that follows the invasive thought; this does not mean it isn't OCD.  Yeah. Really.  It's simply a mental compulsion or audio tape that loops in your head. 

Try this- when the thought invades your thinking space, clap your hands and say, "That's not helpful now. I'm walking away from this." And then...walk away from it mentally or maybe even physically.

We'll talk more in session. But yeah...still OCD or GAD. 

Not crazy. Crazy is as crazy does. Let me judge.