Thank you so much fir sharing Pennie. I have had OCD since I was a young child. I have had every tendency associated with it and the toughest one of those to try and deal with has been mental rumination. I only felt confident enough to tell my friends about my OCD when I was 32 yrs old. I still feel as if there are years of oppression that I need to talk about and validate. It is a very lonely struggle.