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Hey I have contamination OCD also and I'm doing ERP now. In this situation you would choose to live with the uncertainty that it's probably not blood but it could be although very unlikely without doing any cleaning compulsions and try not to ruminate by doing mental compulsions in your mind. It's really hard at first but once you choose to accept the uncertainty and continue on with normal tasks the anxiety will come down! You can do this! I support you!!
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It definitely will! Every time you fight a compulsion OCD loses power! Thank you so much!
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Is there a specific something you are worried you will contract from blood? Or is if the blood in general that scares you?
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Therapy may help, such as ERP and CBT. I’ve never went for thereby, so I don’t know what that’s like from personal experience, but only from reading about it and watching videos of psychologist/therapists talking about the therapy’s and how they work.
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Yes. Ive been waitlisted for months. Was hoping I can get some techniques to use today as the anxiety on the what if is troubling me
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Doubts123- thank you for the tip!! I’m trying to do this and it’s very hard. I’ve been stuck with “is it or is it not” and decided to try to stop thinking about it because I will never know with certainty and to move on without wiping my shoe bottom. It’s very very hard but I’m hoping this helps me in the long run. Good luck to you on your ERP journey.
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Hi joschou. It actually just disgusts me. I know that it’s very very hard to get diseases from blood in public bathroom but there were two events last year that caused me to have such a repulsion from it. I’ll spare you the details but let’s just say that I walked into very dirty and bloody bathroom stalls. Those two days I ended up showering for an hour and have since had a hard time getting out of that even when I don’t see these things. Just the hint of anything having been there really freaks me out.
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- 18w
Im having a OCD specifically contamination OCD flare up all month and I don’t want to feel this way going into March, I’ve thrown out clothes, towels, stayed up for hours doing compulsions, washed my hands till they crack and bleed, I have washing pilling up cause I’m so overwhelmed by all the extra things I’ve added cause I thought it was contaminated. It’s completely draining me to the point where I’ve become sleep deprived and are avoiding part of my home because they are deemed contaminated to me…I only moved in a few months ago, I had a roach problem and using baits and insecticides really messed with my ocd too. anyone have any tips or tricks to make this easier? I wasn’t doing this bad in January :( thankyou in advance :)
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