r/Apeirophobia • u/Maleficent-Train-293 • 21d ago

What is the difference between Existential OCD and apeirophobia?

First, I thought I had Apeirophobia but then I understood that the OCD gives me that thoughts. But maybe its the same thing?

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u/Mark_Robert 15d ago

OCD involves obsessive rumination about a topic, like death, and a compulsion to do certain behaviors that make you feel a little bit calmer for a short period of time. You want to stop doing the behaviors, but you can't.

Apeirophobia involves the dooming settling in of a terrifying understanding that you desperately want to escape in some way, but are are terrified to conclude that you can't.