Is this mental/emotional contamination?

Hello, I’ve been feeling this strange feeling for a few years now but it’s really started to bug me recently and it’s making me wonder if it’s an OCD theme but I can’t find anything similar to it. Basically I get really anxious when I see people with certain personalities or traits, and my brain picks them at random kind of. For example, I randomly started getting anxious seeing goth people online. (I know it sounds silly but that’s why it makes me scared because I don’t know why I’m feeling this anxiety), for some reason my brain is telling me that they are immoral/disgusting and a threat even though personally I don’t feel that’s true, but my anxiety still arises and keeps replaying these feelings over and over to me in a loop. Some other people I’ve had that feeling towards before are “Indie” or “Hippy” people, frat boys, etc. I’ve seen some victims of traumatic events get anxious when they come across things that remind them of their trauma, like for example a color or people who share the same gender as their attacker, but I don’t have any trauma related to any of these people and they are such specific qualities that it makes no sense to me why I’m so nervous around them. You can laugh if you want because I honestly find it silly that my brain chooses to hyper focus on the lifestyles of these people, but it’s actually very distressing to me and I don’t know why. It feels like these people are completely alien to me and I don’t want to get close to anyone like that. I’m scared that I’m becoming paranoid or schizophrenic and that’s why I’m feeling these feelings. I just want it to leave, can anyone else relate to this?

ivefailed.

Date posted: 3y

I don't really know, sorry for not being able to help; but I wanted to say that it's not silly at all, I too struggle with things that people do not relate. I hope you get the answers you need 🤞

Rocky6116

Date posted: 3y

Thank you so much 🥺 I guess in the end it doesn’t matter what your obsession is because the point is that you obsess over it and have compulsions which makes it OCD. I just wish I wouldn’t feel alone in my fears, but looking it up on Google more I found it most likely is Emotional contamination what I’m experiencing. I just want to be normal 😭

ivefailed.

Date posted: 3y

@Rocky6116 What is normal anyway? I think every normal person is going through something, life gives trouble to everyone. In that case, you're a normal person just like everyone else. For us life had in store for us ocd and sadly, it's not a "everyday" struggle that the average person can relate to, and it also happens to be one of the most stigmatized and debilitating mental diseases, so I guess it's a bit more complicated for us. But we shouldn't let that stop us from having a happy life, we didn't choose to have ocd so why should we give it satisfaction by feeling miserable every day like it wants us to? Ocd doesn't stop us from reaching peace and happiness, it just slows down us, but eventually we will be able to make it

ivefailed.

Date posted: 3y

sorry lol i got a bit carried away with words and wrote things that you didn't ask for, I hope I didn't come off as condescending

Rocky6116

Date posted: 3y

It’s okay! You didn’t come off as condescending at all trust me. The whole not feeling “normal” is not just a result of my OCD but growing up always feeling like that because of past trauma. I started seeing a therapist who specializes in OCD last week and have an appointment in 2 days but my depression and OCD has really been starting to hit harder recently so it’s been real tough mentally but I know I can get through this rough patch and some times we may have deal with it harder than we do at other times but that doesn’t mean all hope is lost

ivefailed.

Date posted: 3y

@Rocky6116 I'm sorry I didn't know that, it must be very difficult. To be completely honest, despite everything I just wrote, I do not feel normal at all myself. I feel like a monster. I'm in no position to offer advices when I'm so broken myself. But I think things will eventually get better for all of us, and the noises will quiet down, I wish you all the best. When hard times come, endure, you owe it to yourself because I'm sure you're a wonderful person and the world is a better place because of you.

yaya_zz

Date posted: 23w

OCD flaring up

My ocd has been flaring up lately I’ve noticed some things that I don’t know if it’s ocd or something else whenever I seen someone like drugged or sick or just not “normal” I feel like or get scared that’s gonna end up being me? Does that make sense or then after a few minutes I feel like I’m them I don’t know exactly how to explain it I feel like I’m gonna start acting crazy or like I act weird or like them ? Idk exactly how to explain it and I have such a drop in my stomach thinking of it because it makes me feel insane, I haven’t had such an ocd episode so it’s getting hard again and making me feel insane specially because I don’t know how to explain this that I feel, I feel so scared rn can someone please comment on this?

Luke Sapir

Date posted: 23w

Is this a form of contamination OCD?

Hi there. I’ve recently joined NOCD and wanted to ask: does anyone have a sort of mental contamination fear, such as believing that interacting with people will “infect” oneself in a psychological manner? Just wanted to reach out and ask if this is an experience others had. Also looking to share experiences with others. Thanks.

SunnyAnon

Date posted: 19w

ocd + interests + online discussions

i’ve been having this theme pop up recently where if I see people either criticize or be a hater and spread misinformation or seeing old controversies about my current interests/hyper-fixations i find myself having a crazy anxiety attack about if it’s “morally okay” to be interested in my interests anymore. i feel really singled out and like im doing something wrong because im watching a youtuber or listening to a specific musical group. in all of these specific situations the people involved have talked about the situations and have changed accordingly but seeing it makes me feel like i shouldn’t be allowed to like my favorite things. to be clear none of these things are dramatically evil or bad. it’s either misinformation/uneducated people influencing someone opinion and then they learn and change. it just makes me feel like im not allowed to like my favorite things anymore because of people criticizing it??? if that makes sense??? also this is a little off topic but also not really because i’m 99.99% sure im autistic because of MANY things but with this specifically i have very strong interests and i feel very deep feelings about them and any and all criticism or hateful comments towards my favorite things trigger me deeply and make my ocd act up and make me feel uncomfortable and uncertain and anxious and it causes physical discomfort to me. i really don’t know how to calm myself down about this specific theme it’s brand new and makes me feel really anxious. not trying to look for reassurance but does anyone else understand what i mean??? does anyone have any advice on how to not give into the negative comments??? any suggestions on how to ease this specific anxiety???

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