health ocd 😒

my OCD has been SO MUCH better since october but today it has flared up again. I accidentally took a sip of my coworkers drink that I thought was mine because it was right next to me unintentionally just a little sip but enough to send me into a spiral of thinking that I’m going to contract some kind of illness or that their saliva was in the drink and I drink some of it and now it’s inside of me 😖 once I let them know, they joked and said “ well I don’t have cooties and I’m sure you don’t either “ but I can’t help to think that something bad is going to happen over just that little sip. and I kept spitting/rinsing my mouth out multiple times just to be safe but still don’t feel any better.

Username: Jersey JayneJersey Jayne

Date posted: 46w ago

When I was a kid, my health anxiety was like this to me too (used to think I inhaled 'bad' stuff), and when it flared up again in high school, I used to think to myself "you've definitely been in contact with worse, and you survived." I would say to myself "well I've already inevitably swallowed some saliva, so I accept that there's nothing else I can do about this" and then drink water to "embrace" the fear of contamination. Your body is strong and so is your mind! ❤️

Username: Bunnyox Bunnyox

Date posted: 46w ago

I get the same feeling , I wash my water bottle with soap when I leave it in the classroom where I work for 2 min because I had to use the bathroom, i purposely don’t finish my water . I have trust issues

Username: AshleyWilliams45AshleyWillia...

Date posted: 46w ago

hey, i feel you. it's frustrating when things seem to be getting better and then you have a day like today 😔. those accidental sips can really throw you for a loop. have you heard of "unstuck"? it's an AI-powered therapy tool specifically for OCD (unstuckmyocd.com/try). it's been a game changer for me this past month and might be able to help you too 🙌. another member on this forum recommended it to me and honestly, I wish I found out about it much sooner!

Username: marsi

Date posted: 5y ago

I have contamination OCD and I have been fighting my OCD all day today. And I ate food through the thoughts but now my head is constantly saying it will make me sick even though I know it will be totally fine and was delicious and healthy. But the thoughts are still bombarding

Contamination OCD

Username: j

Date posted: 3y ago

I have pretty bad contamination ocd. It makes it hard for me to eat enough or drink enough because of my compulsions. It’s getting pretty serious because I hardly drink enough water now. Yesterday I drank maybe two bottles of water and stopped drinking around 2 pm. It’s 10:30 am here and I’ve drank 3 glasses of water finally but that’s only because I started feeling dizzy and light headed. The room was tilting and now I feel pretty sick to my stomach because I know I’ve got to be logically dehydrated. But ocd is up to it’s tricks making me think it’s worse than what it is that maybe I’m really sick, or drugged or poisoned etc. I’ve never really had this happen before. I know logically I have to be dehydrated and this cannot continue. It scares me because I’m not even meaning for it to get this far. It’s just really hard fighting off ocd. I don’t know what to do and I can’t drive myself to therapy now because of the dizziness/lightheadedness. What’s the quickest way to get back to normal?

Username: megan.101

Date posted: 1y ago

Health OCD

I may sound crazy but on Saturday I choked on a bit of my drink and then my anxiety began Sunday night. I’ve had this unrealistic fear that I have some type of pneumonia and the liquid went into my lungs. I woke up at 3:30AM on Monday morning with a huge panic attack and then was anxious the entire day with chest pain. I’m still worried about it today but don’t wanna succumb to going to urgent care - is this a crazy thing to do just to calm me down? ugh!

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