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- Anonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
The ick can be normal in any relationship.... However if u have rocd it can turn into an obsession. Constantly thinking negatively, doing compulsions that feed into the cycle that only make u feel worse. The anxiety, stress and emotional distress that can be caused by rocd is the worst.
It's an old "Sex In The City" reference to Leanne (you know, the "uptight one" 🙄) but it resonated with millions. Not only is the Ick the gross slime disease aquarium fish can get on their feet, Leanne was describing that point in a relationship when everything your partner does grosses you out. Here's a silly Women's Health article I saw about it - https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a37550106/what-is-the-ick/
Is that like a normal faze in the relationship?
Depends. I agree with the article where I think it's normal if two people OD on new relationship energy and spend 24/7 together and need breathing room for a bit, and not "normal" (what is this "normal"?) when it's toxic. I've done both of these things on both ends. Sometimes, me and another were better friends than anything more, other times, I have been an uptight ass and put my negapuss energy on my lover. I also probably have the cute matching personality disorder too. I'm better than ever and striving daily. Meds with the right doctor who listened to my symptoms and believed me have been life-changing.
I’m interested to know what the root of people’s contamination OCD is? Is it the fear of sickness, the fear of giving someone else a sickness, or a general feeling of disgust from being exposed to something ‘dirty’? I feel like i might actually be the latter - I don’t fear illnesses as much but more the fear of being exposed to something considered disgusting. I’m not sure which is easier!
So I suffer with Contamination OCD, and when I try to talk to other people about it, they always think that it's because I'm afraid of getting sick from germs, and although some people struggle with that that's not what worries me, I'm not scared of getting sick but I hate the thought that the germ is on me or on items that I use or on surfaces, its just the fear of it being there that I'm the most scared of. Does anyone else who has contamination OCD also experience it this way?
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