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- 6y ago
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- 6y ago
This is very relatable. I always have to see for myself that things are opened or checked properly
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- 6y ago
I think this is one of those uncertain aspects of life that the only way to move on from is to accept the risk and just use the items as long as there's no obvious signs of tampering with the seal such as at the actual grocery store. Otherwise ocd will cause you to keep checking or avoiding the items and the cost of getting in the way of your life is too great compared to the minute risk. *I say this as I now rethink everything in my fridge lol
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- 6y ago
Don't worry about your food guys, hardly anyone dies from shop bought food in 2019, but I do worry too
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- 6y ago
What's the worst that can happen? You get sick for a couple of days? If your family members etc had any germs on their hands, they'd get sick and you'd probably catch it just living with them even if they didn't touch the food. People have had sick bugs around me in the past and made me dinner and I haven't caught them. Unless they spat in the food there's an extremely low chance even if they had a bug that you'd catch it. Toilets are the issue, you catch most things from toilet seats. People have been known to drink out of toilets and still not get sick.
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- 6y ago
I check things at the store to make sure they are not tampered. Or grab the second of the item at the store. If someone has already used it at home and they didn't get hurt or get drugged then I would think you are fine.
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- 22w ago
Does anyone else relate to the above being the go-to mantra when OCD wants to manipulate you? It's a hard one to shake for me personally, if you have any tips for overcoming this particular thought, it'd be much appreciated! The current example: There is a sticky fly trap that hangs from the ceiling above our drying rack. I removed a strainer to strain my pasta and worried it hit the fly trap (even though I have no reason to believe it actually did). At first the voice was saying "better safe than sorry" and I was able to "overcome" it to drain my pasta but now that I have a bowl of pasta sitting in front of me, I can't get myself to eat it. Update: I asked my mom for reassurance and she gave it to me so, now that I'm eating the pasta, I'm worried, what if she was wrong. This is a pretty common version of a spiral for me when it comes to contamination and consumption, it's just very hard to shake the "better safe than sorry" mantra. No reassurance please, just tiprs to get over the "better safe than sorry thought." Thanks in advance for your insight and support!
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I’ve been feeling the urge to avoid intimacy or purposefully engage (for reassurance that I won’t give into a compulsion) because of intrusive thoughts and fear that I’ll “check/test” my reactions. My OCD is making me so scared that I’ll purposefully think of a child and try to see if I like it. It’s so complicated but I guess I’m mentally checking if I would mentally check during intimacy. I’ve even envisioned myself checking and it’s making me so nauseous. I know it’s a compulsion like any other but the sound of “touching yourself to the thought of a child” sounds atrocious and vile. I’m terrified I’ll automatically start checking next time I am being intimate. I truly feel so worried. If anyone has gone through something similar, I’d appreciate hearing your experience. Or if anyone has any advice?
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- 10w ago
Sometimes I had some relationship OCD and then I didn’t qualify for contamination OCD however I know in relationships partners like to be close and drink out of each others cup. My partner was thirsty and getting very hot and he asked for my drink and I gave it to him he felt better and I am so beyound happy he did! I feel a lot of shame admitting this, he told me I could have my drink back and I said thank you! 😊 He noticed I didn’t drink it because in my mind it says it is contaminated and I felt extremely bad that he noticed so I got a piece of gum to distracte us I then had to spit out the gum because it wasn’t a good flavor then my brain told me well… ( Ms.OCD) said if I don’t drink it it will hurt his feelings and then that means I don’t like him and then I drink it then I spiraled from there lol 😂 I am so sorry it wasn’t a weird funny story I was wondering if anyone else can relate? I was wondering if there is any advice I can please have? Thank you so much!! Please write down something in the comments if you are struggling because I want to help you all as well!! Thank you!!
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