Reassurance is a compulsion. It’s a mental compulsion just like ‘persistent’ hand washing is a physical compulsion.
When you acknowledge you’re seeking reassurance (the compulsion) due to panic and uncertainty, you’ll be able to understand it’s just the “Ole OCD” acting up again. Labeling it as it really is, the quicker and easier it’ll be to accept it and forget about it.
It’ll come back over and over again (it is OCD after all, right?), but each time it’ll come and go faster. You’ll begin to live a happier life with much less worry.
Without actually knowing your mental compulsions are what they are, you’ll sit there obsessing in your head until you become severely distressed. I’ve been there, done that. You can be helped and you can live a wonderful life!
You, Me and OCD 