- Date posted
- 1y
Soap products being contaminated
Hello, I'm 30 and I've suffered from OCD for about half my life. It's been different kinds throughout my life but for the past few months I've had a very debilitating fear that I know is completely absurd but I have been having a lot of trouble with it. (Involving bodily fluid ocd) I don't know where this really stems from but I have this fear that someone is breaking into my home when I'm not there to contaminate my soaps and shower products with semen. It sounds so dumb even writing it out but I can't get over this feeling. It's caused me to spend so much money on new products so I can ensure those things are not contaminated. Why would anyone do that? Not break in to steal things but just to contaminate my things so when I shower with those products it gets all over me, then I feel disgusting. I fully understand how ridiculous that concept is but that's OCD for you. It's also caused my to do way more laundry which is very expensive in an apartment building. I inspect my soaps for anything that could resemble sperm/semen and I often throw things away and it makes me feel terrible doing that. This is the first time getting this out in the open because I'm too embarrassed to admit it to anyone, and unfortunately I don't currently have access to professional help (not on medications either).