- Username
- broken_butterfly
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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???.
I have bad contamination OCD. Feel free to share more if you want to talk about your specifics!
i have contamination ocd, and i hate it, i know exactly what it’s like
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?
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.
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
Can anyone please confort me? I'm having a really bad panic attack, I can't stop crying and I feel like im losing my mind from the fear. I feel like maybe I should just go to the hospital because it feels so real
Hello everyone, I'm new here and have severe contamination ocd that has been happening the past four years since I was 20. I'm 24 now and it seems to be getting worse. I don't want to be around kids because I know they're germy little gremlins and carry the main thing I fear that caused my ocd to worsen. I shower whenever anything above my chest has been touched (neck, face, hair). I wash my clothes after one wear because they feel contaminated after the use. I refuse to let people touch my bed or clean clothes. If I hear that anyone in my family is sick I freak out intensely and have to stay away from them. I also shower if I've been in public and people were coughing near me. If I don't feel like showering and that my above triggers aren't contaminated I just wash my arms up to the elbow and go to sleep because I sleep in short sleeve shirts and my arms touch everything all day. I refuse to touch my face, neck or hair after touching my phone or anything else. I bring a travel blanket with me but have to wash it after every use. I use my shoe to open doors and press the cross walk button. If I can't use my shoe I use my pinkie and immediately handsanitize sometimes twice just to have my hands feel clean. I have to use a utensil to eat when in a restaurant and would ask to change it if I see it touch anything. I work at a place that requires me to use a phone so I have to shower and wash my ear. I hold my breath when walking past people. I can't sit back in the car or on the couch because it'll contaminate my neck and hair. I also have to do a double wash with my hands to feel clean. I used to do it for 20 seconds but I do the hand wash for 20 the 1st time then 30 for the second. I can't wear purses with straps that touch my shoulders, same with back packs. And I use so much soap and lotion that don't help keep my hands moisturized. And if I get triggered by anything I sit there in a quiet rage and ramble in my head because I know saying anything out loud will have me look crazy. There are times though that I get angry and close to tears when it feels like I've been contaminated and when my family makes fun of me for things I feel I have no control over especially the intrusive thoughts, emotions, anger, fear, and tiredness I feel on a daily basis. I'm scared of doing exposure therapy because I know they'll have me touch something contaminated and have me touch my face and not wash it how does that help it'll just make me angry.
I have severe contamination ocd. I even try to avoid touching people bcz i tgink they might not be clean and if i touch something i feel like i need to take shower and wash my clothes and all other stuff. And almost everytime i am just thinking how to avoid touching contaminated thing and what of i come in contact with those things. How will be i be able to repeat the cleaning process all over its soooo hard. If i try exposure it makes my depression even worse so i just do compulsions again. Is everyone else suffering from contamination ocd? I feel like a need a break from my own thoughts and want my brain to calm.
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