Contamination Fears

I just bought a sandwich from a place I’ve been to many times and this time there was only one young guy at the shop making it. He seemed very nice, but for some reason I’m worried he drugged or poisoned my food because no one was around. I continuously have this as one of my main OCD fears, that my food or drinks will be drugged or poisoned and I will lose control and go into psychosis. Does anyone have similar fears? Any advice about how to handle these fears? I don’t want to keep avoiding food and throwing it out because of these fears.

Contamination OCD

Username: EFF_OCDEFF_OCD

Date posted: 2y ago

I have intense waves of this as well. Sometimes I’ll even be afraid to eat out and after I do, I’ll sit and wonder when I’m going to get sick in fear that I am going to get food poisoning. I remind myself in those moments that if the worst thing that happens is I get food poisoning, then it’s something I would get through. I got it one time when I was a child and here I am today. It’s very rare to get food poisoning but even if it were to happen, thank gosh for modern day medicine! This is just what helps me redirect my paranoia about it. Hope this helps ❤️

Username: sarahm_000sarahm_000

Date posted: 2y ago

Thank you!

Username: CaliseCalise

Date posted: 2y ago

I have similar fears that when eating out, someone has contaminated my food. Or did something unclean or inappropriate with it. I wasnt like this before but since my ocd breakdown its been bad. I have to watch them make it or only eat things i can cook or are sealed completely. This even goes for grocery foods. Or i would only eat foods i can warm up at home because i felt i could burn off the contamination 😂. I started just ignoring those horrible thoughts and passing through my fear and eating it. Unless it was something truly unclean lol.

Username: sarahm_000sarahm_000

Date posted: 2y ago

Thanks for sharing. It’s so hard having contamination fears with food. I’m sorry you’re suffering through this as well, but I’m glad I’m not so alone with this fear.

Username: Lilly2442!Lilly2442!

Date posted: 44w ago

How are you now? Currently dealing with this because I have a fear of losing control ocd theme

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

contamination ocd with food

Hi everyone, I’m new here and just wanted to see if there’s anyone out there who relates to me in any type of way so i don’t feel like a weirdo lol. I’ve had food anxiety my entire life, and it’s gotten progressively worse over the years. it started off with meat (chicken especially) now i’m scared of raw fruits and veggies (due to ecoli, salmonella, parasites, etc.) and now it’s even coming down to simple things like bread or milk. I throw food out all the time when it’s literally fresh but my mind tells me i’ll get sick from it. i stick to specific “safe foods” that i don’t think i’ll get sick from and 99% of the time it’s not healthy and it stresses me out that i’ll have problems later on when i’m older (i also have health anxiety) i even overthink about the way the grocery store workers stock food, thinking they’ve left it out for too long. it’s ridiculous. i love food, i’m just scared of throwing up and getting food poisoning. anything that involves throw up: i’m out. i even overthink about bleach and lysol somehow getting into my food if someone is cleaning near me. i hope there’s someone who understands in some type of way. i cant even enjoy eating out at a restaurant with friends or family. i hope after i talk to a therapist it could help. I’m happy i’m taking a step in the right direction :)

Username: katiebug

Date posted: 45w ago

Food OCD

A few months ago, I was diagnosed with OCD. I’m not sure what changed, or flipped inside of me, but suddenly everything I was eating became scary. I would spend days not drinking water, or trying to force down at least some crackers and beef broth so I didn’t get sick. I have a fear of anaphylaxis, even with never being exposed to something I’m deathly allergic to. I don’t even have any allergies that I know of that give me hives or any type of reaction. I would feel my throat tightening, and my throat would turn red because I would scratch at it, and I could feel a tightening in my chest even with stuff I’d eaten my whole life. I was/am terrified of high allergy foods (shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, etc) but I’ve recently began to try things again. I can eat almonds again without nearly passing out in a panic. Does this happen to anyone else? I feel like I’m the only one this happens to. It makes me feel completely weird, and it confuses other people.

Username: Pinkleopard50

Date posted: 42w ago

Hey everyone

I have contamination ocd and I get alot of ocd thoughts that really can drive me mad. If I'm not worrying about one thing, it's something else. I'm constantly worrying and obsessing about either food poisoning, catching a cold or flu off of someone, getting an infection or just getting ill from some sort of harmful bacteria. I wish it would all stop. I feel like I have to be careful with what I do in life because I need to be safe

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