- Date posted
- 6y
- Date posted
- 6y
I have never had contamination OCD but from what I know about OCD is everyone who has it basically goes through the same thing just different themes. It’s anxiety and you’re brain wants to show you to protect you that you are scared of theses thoughts. The point to beat it is to sit with the fear until you’re brain realizes it’s not scared anymore. I have definitely felt defeated by OCD too and have been in a hard sport. Just take it one second at a time. Tell yourself how strong you are because you are incredibly strong. Not a lot of people can fight the same demons as you and make it out alive. You will get through this. You are not OCD you just have it. Remind yourself that you have this disorder and that those symptoms go along with it. It will get better and this too shall pass???.
- Date posted
- 6y
I have bad contamination OCD. Feel free to share more if you want to talk about your specifics!
- Date posted
- 6y
i have contamination ocd, and i hate it, i know exactly what it’s like
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you so much everyone for the support. One of my biggest symptoms and one the bother me the most is that I have to take a shower every time I go out of my bedroom and every shower take like 2 hours because i have to deep clean the bathroom every time I take shower and I’m tired and drained a lot of time I just want to give up it’s really hard ???? what symptoms you experienced?
- Date posted
- 6y
OCD cleaning is so time consuming, exhausting, expensive and exasperating!! : ( What are you worst contamination fears? Mine mostly surround fear of herpes. Worst of all if I come into contact with a sticky or oily substance that I feel has been contaminated with herpes I feel like I can't clean enough to get it out of my mouth or ears or nose. I feel like if I don't then even if I don't get herpes I feel like the substance is still hanging around me and can infect others by touching my face. This has been one of my biggest struggles to stop cleaning, throwing away toothbrushes etc. I feel like the smallest amounts are contagious.
- Date posted
- 6y
Yeah it’s much more I hate oil and sticky stuff I don’t like being touch by people I’m always doubting myself all the what if? It’s so hard
Related posts
- Date posted
- 25w
Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
- Date posted
- 15w
Hello, i have very severe contamination ocd, and as i am writing this i feel my hands are dirty lol, but anyways i wanted to know if there’s anyone specialised in Contamination ocd? No matter what type because i really need help and i looked up things but it doesn’t help please!!
- Date posted
- 15w
sorry this is super long i just wanna know if anyone else has been thru something similar bc i feel super alone 🩷 i have super bad contamination ocd. it was bad already but my house was like my safe space until a few months ago someone brought something into my house that i considered ‘contaminated’. and so then i felt like that part of the house was contaminated, then it spread to everything outside my room (since family is moving around touching stuff) and then somehow i got convinced everything in my room except my bed is contaminated and i need to wash my hands after touching it. in my mind its like the contamination just infinitely spreads to things after the tiniest bit of touch. idek what im afraid of anymore or even what the original thing was but i can’t let it go. when i have to wash off contamination i have to wash at least 4 times or until it feels right, or sometimes take rlly long showers and wipe down all my stuff. i even throw away food and clothes or just whole items sometimes because they feel so contaminated i don’t want them in my space. i can’t be super near people or have anyone touch me, and i also can’t bring anything new into my room since it had to go through the entry of my house which feels contaminated. i feel like all i do is lay in bed and then wash my hands and do compulsions so i can go eat or do other stuff around the house. also i never go out because i’m bc people outside make me feel dirty, and i hate thinking about how many people have touched stuff in stores or in public and stuff. so im just in my room worrying all day. i feel so trapped and the contamination/avoiding it is all i think about anymore i barely have time for anything else and im never present when i talk to people because im worrying about if i accidentally got contaminated. im starting erp next week and knowing that im going to have to expose myself to things is really freaking me out. does anyone else have this kind of ocd ? im exhaustedddd 🥲🥲💔
Be a part of the largest OCD Community
Share your thoughts so the Community can respond