- Username
- oddish
- Date posted
- 49w ago
Cold Sores & Contamination OCD
I don’t have a cold sore that I know of and I don’t even know if I ever suffered through them before but my child had his first outbreak yesterday. Of course my contamination OCD flared up big time, even had a nightmare about it. Not sure if I need to keep doing research on it anymore or just let it go and see what happens. Maybe I have hsv1 that’s dormant or maybe I might get it accidentally soon. I’m not entirely sure. Should I still be sanitizing everything and wash my hands and tell him to keep washing his hands? I don’t know. It’s my first time dealing with this and it’s so scary.. I know they’re not a big deal but nonetheless, it’s something I can’t take my mind off of. Ruminating I guess. I’m looking at every single object in my home as contaminated and tempted to throw stuff.. but I know that probably would be me overreacting. Sigh.