Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
AelaAela
- Date posted
- 6y
Yeah, its the doubt. Our OCD “doubting disease”. You know you actually didnt touch anything but your brain is telling you that you did. Or you cant remember at all but you get a sudden wave of anxiety. I get this too, youre not alone!
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Thanks for commenting! I never hear people mention this so it's nice to know I'm not alone! This has been one of the most difficult hurdles for me to overcome especially when it happens with truly contaminated things! My therapist said if I'm not 100% percent sure I touched it then ignore it, but then I spend a lot of time trying to figure out if I'm 100% sure and also sometimes it might be too light of a brush against something to really tell. What do you do when this happens to you?
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Same guys! I feel like a drop of something dirty can spread everywhere and I have to try and clean every last drop or I feel like it's infecting myself and others! It's awful but if I don't clean I worry all day or even months and months later sometimes until I clean more.
bnicole5bnicole5
- Date posted
- 6y
yes, bad. i personally don’t really know how to deal with it yet soooo... almost everyday i come home from school and i lysol wipe my phone, laptop, laptop mouse, and occasionally my earbuds.
AelaAela
- Date posted
- 6y
Use rubbing alcohol rather than lysol. Better for your skin and better if you have pets if youre using it that often.
TejaTeja
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes, just prevent intrusive thoughts by learning how OCD can affect your brain on a long run. So prevent compulsions or intrusive thoughts as far as possible
claireclaire
- Date posted
- 6y
Sometimes if I touch something dirty, I get a compulsion (if i touch a door handle) but sometimes I don’t (when I touch my phone which is probably dirtier). To get rid of it, all I have to do it get my hands wet and dry them, mentally this helps me feel clean and I don’t need to use soap. If i’m on the go, I usually give in and carry around hand sanitizer. I try to not think about germs but if I do have to do a compulsion, I am aware of it, and I don’t hate myself for giving in. Changing habits and your brain takes time and effort and don’t hate yourself when you have small slip ups.
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
I mean does anyone get false sensations where they get a thought that they touched something dirty but they are not totally sure that they really did
AelaAela
- Date posted
- 6y
When I first downloaded this app I thought contamination OCD would be a bigger topic but its not at all. Theres very few of us who post about contamination OCD. When it happens to me I try to focus on the bigger issue, which is why is whatever I’m touching is such a bother to me. If i try to focus on if I did or didnt touch it ill get lost in that thought for a very long time like you said. Its hard to ignore it but try your best. We all have good and bad days, just keep going! ?
Doubts123Doubts123
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you for the encouragement! I thought there would be more contamination OCD posters as well! I'm struggling right now feeling like I really came into contact with something really contaminated and didn't clean enough. It feels like it's still on me and that I can't touch my face or I will infect myself further or others. This level of scrutiny sticks!
AelaAela
- Date posted
- 6y
I know the feeling all too well ?. Its time consuming and mentally draining.
Lark G.Lark G.
- Date posted
- 6y
Fellow contamination person here. I have all forms of it from straight up stuff I think are gross to stuff that are gross but did not get to me and ocd just makes me paranoid that it’s all over me and I’m fully covered by contaminants now. It also makes me paranoid things on the ground like spit etc got to my foot even when I just saw it. The doubts are non stop and compulsions take so long.
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- Date posted
- 23w
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- Date posted
- 23w
everything around me feels contaminated :((
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oneday.x
- Date posted
- 20w
Really need help, can't move on from contamination
This is a long one lol but basically, a couple of weeks ago I went to the toilet (#2, sorry for the tmi). Let's just say it was messy. I remember that a speck of.. #2.. Fell off the piece of toilet paper. This was probably the worst thing that could ever happen. I can't remember clearly but I'm pretty sure my jeans were on the floor underneath near where the speck could have fallen. There was also a towel. I don't know exactly where it fell as it was so small, but I made sure both the towel and the jeans went in the laundry basket and I cleaned the floor near there. Fast forward to like the next day. My mum does most of the laundry, so she will have picked up all the towels and clothes from the laundry basket and taken them to the wash. The problem is the speck. I don't know where it went but if it was on the towel and she picked it up.... Thus, contaminated mum. And she also puts clothes away that are dry. I remember that day she put my hoodie in my wardrobe, and I haven't worn it since because I feel it is contaminated. I haven't worn the clothes that have touched the hoodie. This leaves me with not a lot of clothes. And today I finally snapped and picked up a sweatshirt that had maybe touched the hoodie. And now I'm just sat here spiralling, wearing it. What if it touched the speck? What if the speck touched my mum and then touched the hoodie which then touched the sweatshirt I'm wearing? Please I'm so scared.
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