Fear of harming others
Another distressing symptom of OCD is an intense and constant fear of harming the people around you, like spouses, children, friends, parents, or neighbors. This fear is much more severe than the typical worries we all have to deal with as we live; OCD feelings of fear are disturbing and usually about hurting the people they love the most. These fears may cause them to have mental scenarios where they act on it.
This symptom causes persons with OCD to live fearful lives. Many of them begin to avoid sleeping out of fear that they may go insane and act on these evil thoughts. However, sleeplessness is dangerous for OCD and may worsen symptoms by aggravating the anxiety.