I've been getting carpet beetles (i saw 2 over the past few days) and I read online that they can lay eggs all over including in clothes and now i'm paranoid that all my clothes are contaminated and i have to rewash all of them and I just feel so gross and it feels like carpet beetles are all over me.,
LOL, that sounds like my when I read symtoms for stuff and then I think I have it, u should prolly get the carpet beetles checked out tho, or put powder on the carpet, my cats used to get flees and we’d have to powder everything, IT SMELLED HORRIBLE LOL 😂🤣
If it helps I've had problems with carpet beetles forever. Every place I've lived in has been relatively old and I used to see them when I woke up in the morning. It was always just one but it would happen a lot. I personally don't struggle with a fear of them being all over, but I understand that you do. I have issues with my laundry and constantly feeling like I have to rewash but for different reasons. Regardless I can completely relate, and if anything I hope I can give you my strength in not having a fear of the carpet beetles
WAIT NOOOO IM SAD I CAN RELATE 😭😭😭 We have a carpet beetle infestation in our upstairs rooms and OHHHH boy, we vacuum and do what we can but man I always find them…I went off to college and after four years they were everywhere in my bedroom…. 😅 My contamination OCD of course makes me TERRIFIED to interact w the floors, so my room was also a wreck. Not gonna lie after awhile I somewhat gave up.😅 I vacuum every other week since most of them and their offspring are hiding in the carpets, and I find that’s the most effective way to deal with them, and then I vacuum again when I start seeing “shells” (they shed every now and then). I’ve personally never found any eggs in my clothing (despite having a never ending clothing hamper that every time I try to clear somehow accumulates more clothing ☠️), but I always wash any clothes in my hamper before wearing them anyway. 🤷♀️Clean clothing I keep in wardrobes/closet, and so far so good! It’s clear they like to keep hidden. I very rarely find them in places where I’ve been active. Either way, as scary as this is, it’s a great exposure for your OCD. You can technically never confirm where and how many of them there are, you can vacuum and wash but you’ll never have 100% certainty that you’ve rid of them all. Sitting with that uncertainty will definitely help you combat the anxiety.
New to the group! I’m 38 and have had OCD since I was 8 (officially diagnosed at 34). My OCD used to revolve around order and cleaning. In the last year it developed into a chronic series of intrusive thoughts centered around parasites. Lice, bed bugs, fleas....you know it. I’m constantly checking beds, hair any surface. I’m now on my umpteenth attempt with medication and cognitive behavioral therapy. I feel like I’m the only person with these irrational sets of intrusive thoughts. It’s embarrassing and isolating. Anyone here who has a similar fear or focused fear that triggers their ocd?
My ocd has randomly become so bad this past week that i cant even get dressed. I constantly feel like i have bugs on me, i have started to hit myself when i get frustrated. Its never been so bad and i have no idea what to do. Every second im on edge i cant relax. Does anyone experience this or have any advice?
My ocd recently latched onto the idea that I may have herpes, all the signs aren’t there but then again reading about it they don’t have to be. So I’m constantly checking my body, finding a new spot to hyperfixate on and then freaking out. I’ve been in a relationship for almost 3 years so it’s confusing for me to even have it, and have these issues now but they’re so debilitating. I even spiraled a couple weeks ago, and had to have some medical workers look at it, they said it was fine I even had a friend who had herpes look at it (with gloves) and I’m still freaking out and focusing on something else on my skin. I’ve been shaving more lately so I’ve been having razor bumps and now it’s really bothering me. I also heard that blood tests aren’t recommended or accurate So I’m not sure what to do, ERP Wise It just keeps going back to the chance that I do have it and could be spreading it and not knowing.
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