OCD, paranoia or what?

[DROID50]

Ive been diagnosed with OCD but im getting really worried that some things i worry about are not symptoms of OCD but something much worse. I am really paranoid that my friend psychologically attacks me in front of my other friends on a regular basis, the attacks are quite indirect and seem to be always aimed at faults in my behaviour. Every time he says something I analyse it for secret messages that are aimed to bring me down. The guy im talking about is not a bad guy, but he has said some blatant things in the past that upset me a lot, things which brought me down. I don't know what to do, if i was sure he was attacking me I would defend myself but I don't know whether he is or not. Is this extreme paranoia similar to what anyone else experiences?

 

[Moloch]

People with OCD, as me, tend to hold a grudge a lot longer than others.

And yes, thoughts, fears of being psychologically attacked, bullied, ridiculed is something you have to live with and the more you think about what ''MIGHT'' happen, the stressed you get and actually could translate a simple, harmless joke into an verbal assault.

I suggest you to talk to him, maybe not directly, but through hidden questions if those things he says are for real and why.

All in all, paranoia is a b*tch, which goes hand in hand with OCD. Try not to think about the bad things anyone can do to you, because they CAN. Acceptance sometimes is the key. Not for long, but a while.