Sometimes we have a nagging doubt that our mom will die if we don’t (magical thinking). This isn’t to be read as a preference for being more sure that mom won’t die, since we know damn well that if she does it won’t be because we didn’t touch the dish.
What you’re describing isn’t an OCD symptom; it’s just a garden-variety irrational belief. The fact that you “know” something is false doesn’t stop you from behaving as if it’s true—see the previous examples here about haunted houses and serial killers.
(To be clear: I don’t mean the entire combination of behaviors isn’t OCD; I just mean the part where you act on a belief you “know” to be untrue. That part, everybody has.)
What you’re describing isn’t an OCD symptom; it’s just a garden-variety irrational belief. The fact that you “know” something is false doesn’t stop you from behaving as if it’s true—see the previous examples here about haunted houses and serial killers.
(To be clear: I don’t mean the entire combination of behaviors isn’t OCD; I just mean the part where you act on a belief you “know” to be untrue. That part, everybody has.)