Figuring out the obsessuon

Hello! I know I have contamination OCD in some sort of way. I cannot use or touch things that are “dirty” is a big one, whether there is a stain, crumb, or if it had been somewhere I deemed dirty. I cannot put outside clothes on my bed, I cannot use certain utensils, and there is so much more. I get so much physical anxiety from these things. However, I cannot figure out what the obsession is. I cannot do certain things but I don’t know WHY. I don’t know what the fear is if I do it. I don’t think someone will die, I don’t want to get sick but I also don’t think getting sick is the obsession. Just wondering if anybody else has ideas or what their own obsessions are with it!

Contamination OCD

Username: Tyler1Tyler1

Date posted: 38w ago

I have contamination ocd, and i feel you. Im not worried about getting sick or the germs causing any harm, it's just the germs themselves that I can't handle.

Username: EstridEstrid

Date posted: 38w ago

Maybe this is some kind of "just right OCD" it doesn't feel right to you, so you act in a special way. But remember - you don't need to know what you fear to do exposure therapy. You can break the compulsive pattern anyway.

Username: Amara Amara

Date posted: 38w ago

I have contamination OCD, and I also don't care about germs or don't believe that things I don't like touching can make me sick. I know that in contamination OCD, most people are afraid of getting sick from germs. There was a time when I didn't know I had contamination OCD, and during the pandemic, I thought like others, but not now. Even my contamination OCD doesn't make sense, but it's still OCD. I suggested you start in somewhere and start your journey until overcome to ocd . Because ocd makes harder rules, gets your life smaller and smaller until nothing is comfortable for you. I remember I step by step stuck on ocd until noticed.

Username: Katiel

Date posted: 6y ago

So I’ve been counting for a while now and by counting I mean like I blink 6 times or take 6 steps or breath in 6 or hit back space on my phone 6 times. I have also developed a sort of fear of germs and I can’t touch people skin to skin and I can’t tell if this is ocd or if I’m just making it up. I read a book about a girl with ocd and she had similar symptoms so I can’t tell. I’ve also been having a hard time with going outside and trusting people and such because I’m always worried I’m going to die or that I’m being watched. And I can’t really eat out because I think they poisoned the food. Is this ocd? Any opinion would be great! Thank you :)

Username: EJK

Date posted: 6y ago

Hey! I suffer with Anxiety, OCD and depression. I'm really struggling with my OCD, I feel like I need to wash my hands more, I'm biting my nails down as far as I can and I feel like I constantly need to be touching things that make me cringe such as carpets with both hands and i can't cope with it because it's every minute. The main thing I have to do is grind all my nails on the carpet and I get intrusive thoughts to do this every minute and it’s really making me upset. Does anyone else get this? Is there any advice anyone has?

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 3y ago

My OCD is generally around my health. It is hard for me to differentiate between what is real and what is OCD. I have a skin condition (HPV) and it’s truly not bad at all although my OCD theme is very focused on it. I’m in constant fear that it will get worse, spread or ruin my life some how. Does anybody else have health anxiety OCD? Or OCD about contamination? I feel like it’s really difficult to combat my OCD at times because there is a level of rationality behind it. I do have the skin condition already that I’m worried about so my OCD has “evidence” to make me more worried about it. Does anybody else have an OCD theme that is hard to differentiate between what’s real and what’s OCD? Sorry for the long post but I’m very interested to hear more about your experiences!

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