Date posted: 2y

contamination ocd

I have contamination ocd so get very stressed and frustrated if I feel like something is unclean. I was talking to my mum about my hair and she came and touched my hair to have a look at what I was talking about. She’d just used the toilet and touched my hair before she washed her hands. I had to go out so I couldn’t wash my hair but now I can’t stop thinking about it and it’s really stressing me out. I keep trying to reassure myself but there is no way of making me feel better my hair just feels dirty now and it feels like it’s passing onto my clothes and face. I had an argument with my mum over it as her and my step dad seem to think it’s a joke and no big deal because they don’t understand it. Now I feel bad for arguing and reacting how I did but also can’t stop thinking about washing my hair.

Contamination OCD

keepgoing

Date posted: 2y

i feel you. mine got so bad to the point that i stopped sitting in the front seat so anyone driving would avoid seeing some without my seatbelt because i didn’t want to touch it. i also had to have a bottle of hand soap in the shower so i could wash my hands before and after washing my body so i could avoid germs from getting on my hair. i also find it hard to make my bed. the two pillows i try keeping on my clean sheets always end up falling off onto the floor and makes me not want to put them back on my bed when im making it. i also won’t let other people wash or fold my clothes😫😫 it’s like my mind has already made a mental map of the world highlighting things that i can and can’t touch

keepgoing

Date posted: 2y

It’s also affected my relationship with the people i love because i can’t stand when people touch me. my best friend has already caught on because everytime she tries to tap me or pretend push me or even hug me i flinch a little. i tell her occasionally that im a germaphobe but she still doesn’t understand i just feel bad telling her😭also with my parents they always want to hold my hand in places where i can’t wash my hands right after and it just makes me feel so bad

Date posted: 2y

@keepgoing i relate so much to this, yes it really affects my relationships as i don’t spend much time with my family because i don’t want to sit on the sofa everyone sits on. my boyfriend is very considerate and knows how i feel but of course he can’t do everything i would do in the way i would do it so i then get stressed and i worry so much that one day he will be tired of it.

skyesthelimit

Date posted: 15w

@h1 I CANT SIT ON THE COUCH EITHER. i have to have a clean sheet down or something for me to sit on

Janeen

Date posted: 2y

I totally get it. Please don't think I'm being unkind because I have the same contamination ocd and someone just touched a "dirty" part of my clothes and then my hair also so I totally get it!!!!! May I ask what the consequence would be if your fear came true? Just feeling contaminated or actually getting sick???

Date posted: 2y

@Janeen of course. it’s strange because i don’t particularly worry about getting sick but it’s like i can just feel it on me until i wash it off and if i lay in bed before washing my hair it would be on my pillow so i then couldn’t touch that until it was clean. it’s just a feeling, almost a heaviness or greasiness i cant explain it but it puts me very on edge and i get really irritable. hope that makes sense.

What2do

Date posted: 2y

@h1 I feel the same way. Bathroom related germs are the hardest to deal with for me :(

Date posted: 2y

@What2do me too :(

Janeen

Date posted: 2y

Sounds way too familiar!!!!! Disgust ocdI believe is what it's called and I seem to have both!

flutterfawn

Date posted: 25w

contamination ocd

all morning i have been feeling like there is dirt and grime on my skin. i showered last night. i washed my hair on tuesday night and i will wash it tonight. but i feel like there is dirt in my scalp and in my hair and i feel like i haven’t showered in weeks. i don’t want to feel like this anymore. every day i am anxious about how clean i am and its taking over my life. any tips?

oneday.x

Date posted: 24w

Worried about bathroom contamination

Sorry if this is tmi. In advance, I know some germs are fine - I'm all for that, and it definitely does ease some contamination anxiety. But I have lots of anxiety surrounding going to the bathroom, specifically number two. Again I'm so sorry if this is tmi. I went yesterday, and obviously my hands were contaminated because well, they are when you go to the bathroom. But also because I accidentally brushed the back of my hand against myself. When you're done in the bathroom you obviously put underwear back on, and trousers or whatever, but I wash my hands before touching my trousers but not underwear. So I do that bit before I wash my hands, but my hand, the very contaminated part, touched like a bit of my skin at my waist. At the time, I brushed it off, thinking that my trousers will cover that anyway for the time being. But then today, I wore leggings that are kind of small on me and they weren't as high waisted. And then I got in my bed, and had a t-shirt on, and probably touched so many things. I changed my t-shirt, meaning it touched my hair as I took it off. So now I'm paranoid I have poop particles all over me. I'm convinced I need to have a full shower again and wash my hair. I'm okay with having a shower, but I barely have enough energy for that let alone washing my hair too. I don't shower every day, so with my schedule, I'm not due to have one until tonight. I just want to be able to get up, get dressed, and go about my day. But how do I do that when my bed feels contaminated and I feel like I need to change the bedsheets. How do I cope when it feels like poop particles are in my HAIR. And that could totally be possible. I know some germs are fine. But I just don't know what to do.

bun <3

Date posted: 15w

everything around me feels contaminated :((

sorry this is super long i just wanna know if anyone else has been thru something similar bc i feel super alone 🩷 i have super bad contamination ocd. it was bad already but my house was like my safe space until a few months ago someone brought something into my house that i considered ‘contaminated’. and so then i felt like that part of the house was contaminated, then it spread to everything outside my room (since family is moving around touching stuff) and then somehow i got convinced everything in my room except my bed is contaminated and i need to wash my hands after touching it. in my mind its like the contamination just infinitely spreads to things after the tiniest bit of touch. idek what im afraid of anymore or even what the original thing was but i can’t let it go. when i have to wash off contamination i have to wash at least 4 times or until it feels right, or sometimes take rlly long showers and wipe down all my stuff. i even throw away food and clothes or just whole items sometimes because they feel so contaminated i don’t want them in my space. i can’t be super near people or have anyone touch me, and i also can’t bring anything new into my room since it had to go through the entry of my house which feels contaminated. i feel like all i do is lay in bed and then wash my hands and do compulsions so i can go eat or do other stuff around the house. also i never go out because i’m bc people outside make me feel dirty, and i hate thinking about how many people have touched stuff in stores or in public and stuff. so im just in my room worrying all day. i feel so trapped and the contamination/avoiding it is all i think about anymore i barely have time for anything else and im never present when i talk to people because im worrying about if i accidentally got contaminated. im starting erp next week and knowing that im going to have to expose myself to things is really freaking me out. does anyone else have this kind of ocd ? im exhaustedddd 🥲🥲💔

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