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Is this OCD ? I need to know my enemy

Is this OCD ? Been obsessing about hiv risk on breast milk .

https://medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Confused-about-information-makes-me-anxious/show/3076859

Been reading on this forum and on others sites and almost all said that it is zero risk , I want to believe but my brain has a different mind and opinion , it is on a doubting game mode so my anxiety heightened.

1. I became addicted to reassurance going back to articles and forums that has answers  which sometimes consumes my time and attention just to give me temporary relief .
2. When the thoughts came their is an urgency to figure it out and to reassure but the everyday real life matters can wait .
3. Cant get enough of one answers
4. Now I have this urge to test just get this over with   but  I think would be defying facts and logic . I think I would be submitting and surrendering to my brain and would end me doing whatever is demands in situations like this and when fear rises and it might just bring more what ifs and doubts .
5. Been researching about ERP and basically it states that I only have to Disregard , don’t do compulsions , don’t agree with thoughts , let it pass and sit with the fear ,  anxiety and discomfort  as long as I could and the anxiety would go down but would I have clarity ?

I’m not asking for reassurance but am i right or wrong with these ?if it is certain that consuming breast  milk is not a risk for hiv then I’ll prepare to face my ocd and anxiety and not worry about this incident .  ( the last time I’ll ask this ) I just want to know what im gonna face in battle .

Lastly after all of this will I have the certainty and clarity about my thoughts ?
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You are familiar to me. Clarity is realizing you have ocd and anxiety and not following your typical mentally unhealthy patterns. Reassurance seeking. Researching. Analyzing. Fretting. Quizzing yourself. Quizzing the other person. Testing. Seeking reassurance. Etc. Every time you give into that? You've made the fear stronger. You temporarily feel better but ultimately will keep yourself stuck and feel worse soon after. Until you recognize that, you will be stuck.  
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I saw that allot their are allot of concerned like mine asked here but I felt like I have to ask myself. So another best option is to limit myself from going back here to read Q&As etc . Maybe it’s best to accept and never look back from my questions here but sometime the urgent and fear is overwhelming even if you have been answered and reassured .  Maybe I have to retrain or reprogram my brain to face the fear and accept the facts . Thanks you
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