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- 5y ago
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If it was lead paint that would have been such a small exposure to it that there couldn’t possibly be any effects. Lead paint also has not been used for a very long time so if it’s been painted anytime in the past dozen or so years there’s no need to worry.
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- 5y ago
Im a chemist that literally works with machines that can test how much lead is im stuff. So I could answer all your questions about lead. But I dont want to reassure you that there probably is no lead and even if there was its so little it doesnt matter. It sounds like you have contamination fears about chemicals in the environment. Is it just lead? Either way the fact you posting this question on ocd app suggests this is more ocd concern then a concern that requires this much concern. Are you being treated for ocd?
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- 5y ago
Oh well in that case I think you might want to get some help on this issue. Are you having other concerns about contamination?
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- 5y ago
Did you ask about lead paint a week or so ago?
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- 5y ago
Yeah I realised that was irrational but I'm not sure about this.
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- 5y ago
No I didn't even tell my parents yet.
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- 5y ago
I definitely understand your thoughts. I have contamination OCD. My therapist, in situations like this, advise me me to talk to a credible expert, so I can stop the research spiral. I love that you accidentally found one here. For me, when I worry about a contaminant that may have involved ingestion, I call poison control. I call once, I get an answer, and then I sit with the OCD monster until it goes away.
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- 5y ago
I fear lead to and we found a house that we would love to buy but it is located a half mile from a huge battery recycling plant with a lead smelter. It is known as an environmentally friendly plant with emissions in the .03 ug/m3 3 month average ambient lead rate but I fear that it is unsafe to live next to it with my four kids
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- 23w ago
When I was a little kid, I used to be horrible. Every time I thought an animal was too cute or something, i’d get violent, terribly violent. I regret it so much and wish I never did anything like that. It follows me in my mind and I hate it even though I was a child. Then a year or two ago, I got upset at my cat and tossed her onto the bed very quickly and hard, and pushed her down. I remember feeling like I didn’t want to hurt her but I didn’t want to let go. I cried after it happened and gave her many treats. Around the same time, my dog got me mad i just smacked her nose but I still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it. Idk if i was 14 or 15 at the time? I would never do anything to hurt any animal now, but why did I ever do it back then? It makes me so sick thinking about it and now I can’t STOP thinking about it. I still never wanted to hurt my cat, but she got on my last nerve at that moment and it happened multiple times and I threw her pretty fast. I can’t believe I’d ever do that. I’ve been hating myself for it ever since i started thinking about it again. I can’t forgive myself and Idk what to do. I wish I could go back in time and never do what I did. She was still only about 5 months old at that time. She means the world to me and we have a very close bond, but now I feel like I can’t love her because what I did. I feel like I can’t have friends, or anything really because I feel like I don’t deserve anything. I feel like a terrible monster and I hate that I ever did anything to a little angel that didn’t even do anything wrong. Idk how to forgive myself. I hate that I did that and I wish I never did. It still wasn’t as bad as it was when I was little, but it’s still not okay at all and I can’t go back in time and change it, so now idk what to do with myself. I feel like I don’t deserve to be around my cats babies even though I love them with all my heart. I’m 16 now and not the same ragey person as i used to be. I had a lot of anger built up from an ex that I was with at the time, but still WHY would I take it out on my beautiful cat. The more I think about it, the worst it gets, it’s sucking up all of my happiness.
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- 22w ago
I told a girl to go fuck her dad (he's in jail) because she has hit me over the head with a shoe, told my friends I made up lies about them (I didn't), poured water on me, brought a vape to school and tried to force me to use it, wrote me a death threat letter (which I sadly lost), called me autistic (I'm not), said my parents are related (they're not), made fun of my cousin, said I'm a weirdo and started a big fight at lunch and when I apologised she still shouted at me and made up rumours. She told me she was going to report me to the school for texting her to go fuck with her dad, but I think she deserved it. Our school will take stuff like this very seriously though and I don't want my parents finding out. What should I do?
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- 12w ago
I am really worried that I may have SA'ed my little sister. When we were very young, and I mean, really, really young, I was 5 I think. I used to kiss my sister, because I was curious and my mom caught us and she told me not to do it again and I didn't. But when I was about 11 she felt on my lap and I liked the sensation so I tried to rub myself against her. I tried to take my life because of this, I did therapy and everyone, including my sister, told me that I was just a child, and my sister admitted to having done similar things and she said "Would you blame me?" and I said no because she was a child and barely understood what was happening. My therapist said that I mimicked adult behaviors when I kissed her but she was so young, like barely 4 years old and I feel sick to my stomach and I just want to die.
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