Payton reached out with a voice question on Instagram with a question that a lot of people who listen to this podcast can understand. She struggles with what she believes is Hyperawareness OCD/ Sensorimotor OCD and is fixated on the fact that she can see the tip of her nose. While it may seem harmless, like all other obsessions in the category, she agonizes over her awareness of it, when it will go away, and whether it will ruin her future. So, it’s hardly just about her nose being there, it’s about her future not being there.








For more on Sensorimotor OCD and Hyperawareness OCD, check out this article from the California OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center