OCD around expensive items being damaged?

Anyone else experience this? I recently got a pair of really nice and really expensive headphones, I’m a major audiophile and passionate about music. The headphones are well built but I find that I keep inspecting them to see if there are any minor imperfections, I keep putting light pressure on different parts of the headphone to see what they can withstand, then when I do this I start to worry that I damaged them, despite no evidence of damage. Even when I’m away from them I fear that they’re just sitting there broken. It’s mildly annoying because something like that shouldn’t occupy my mind so much. I don’t want them to be broken and I like using them. Then I worry about using them because I fear even if I just touch them I’ll do something to break them. There’s nothing to indicate that something is wrong but I’m constantly worried that every time I use them the more I’m damaging them.

Username: EstridEstrid

Date posted: 36w ago

I can relate. For periods I have had difficulties to buy something at all. Our new car has been a trial to me. I have to push myself to act normal and don't do the extra behaviors like testing (like you) or to be super careful. Try to reduce all those compulsions. Don't worry/ruminate. If they broke they broke...Mindfulness is good, return to the present moment when you acknowledge that yiur thoughts are wandering.

Username: Brian C.Brian C.

Date posted: 36w ago

Thank you for your comment, I should put myself in the moment and just realize things happen, they can break in any freak accident. And it’s a material object after all

Username: EstridEstrid

Date posted: 36w ago

You are welcome. And I will encourage you: the more relaxed you act the less problematic this will become. Hang in there!

Username: WillyNileWillyNile

Date posted: 36w ago

i totally get how frustrating and exhausting it can be to have those thoughts constantly nagging at you, especially about something you're so passionate about like music and your new headphones. it sounds like a tough loop to be stuck in, wanting to enjoy your passion but feeling held back by these worries. 😔 have you heard about "unstuck", an ai-powered therapy tool specifically for ocd? check it out at unstuckmyocd.com. it's really helped me a lot this past month and i think it could offer you some relief too. another forum member recommended it to me and i just wish i'd known about it sooner!

Username: PhillipFillip1PhillipFillip1

Date posted: 36w ago

I actually have this app and it is genuinely such a game-changer for me when Im really struggling too, great rec

Username: Anonymous

Date posted: 5y ago

I always have to check that everything is perfect and in order. I am afraid that my things will be ruined. When I am out I have to check clothes, shoes, bags, when I get home I do the same thing. Then I check the cabinets, the drawers, I have to check if something is missing and ask for help because it all seems to me messed up. Does anyone do this?

Username: feethebee

Date posted: 3y ago

i need your help : im generally sensitive to loud sounds, i don't hear that well, and my dad's family side has a history of hearing issues. so today right before an online class i was listening to music on an unusually high volume, and after that while taking a test on online school i could hear a strange sound kinda like the sound a broken radio makes if that makes sense and i couldn't tell if it was coming from my left ear or from the table lamp. i couldn't concentrate on the test and started panicking trying to figure out where the sound was coming from and although i don't hear it anymore i have terribly anxiety rn and i feel the need to check whether i can still hear something. i went and checked whether the table lamp or the computer in my room were producing any weird sounds and they weren't im so concerned this means ive damaged my ears without knowing.. i don't know if this is an obsession, ive never had health-related ocd before but im really concerned and confused on what to do any advice would help

Username: Northern_Dow...

Date posted: 1y ago

OCD about liking a problematic musician

Sorry, this might be very specific. I have this OCD theme where I'm afraid of supporting a problematic artist by accident. I really love music, its my number one coping mechanism and I tend to fixate on musicians that I love. I love learning about the history of my favorite bands or musicians and collecting merch. But I have this fear that I'll find out a musician is problematic and I'll be a bad person for liking them or their music still. I have this one artist I love, hes really helping with my mental health recently and provides me with safety and an escape and im afraid one of these days I'll find out something awful about him and have that ripped away from me. Does anyone else experience this?

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