An animal in my county tested positive for rabies in my county last night. I’ve been feeling so weird and all that since getting bit by a cat on the 6th I’m actually gonna end it all if I have it. I can’t do this anymore oh my god
Maybe a second visit is bes?. I'm sure there is a test they can give you.
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If they dismissed you from the ER you’re fine. This is OCD. Don’t end it all. Take a deep breath and remember your brain is powerful and more dangerous than a cat bite. It’s all okay!!
If you had rabies they wouldn’t have dismissed you. If you’re still scared go get tested!!
@sla143 They gave me a shot, but it was 3 days almost after the bite, I am feeling flu like symptoms and having muscle spasms
It’s OCD making you feel this way. If there’s a way to get tested or get advice from a doctor you can try that, but if that’s not an option then look for ways to address the OCD because that’s the real issue right now.
@120 @sla143 They gave me a shot, but it was 3 days almost after the bite, I am feeling flu like symptoms and having muscle spasms
@Zeph113 Talking to a medical professional about your worries and symptoms could be helpful. There is definitely ocd at play, I don’t know enough to say anything definitive on physical symptoms
I read the comments and saw you ended up getting a shot. I believe you’re going to be okay. Sorry you were worried (and possibly still are) about this. I’ve dealt with the same thing. And it all turned out to be okay.
i'm really sorry to hear you're going through this right now. feeling scared and overwhelmed after hearing news like that, especially after being bitten, is completely understandable. 💔 by the way, have you heard about this new AI-powered OCD therapy tool called 'unstuck?' when i was in a similar spot, feeling totally overwhelmed, this free AI OCD therapy tool called "unstuck" (unstuckmyocd.com/try) that my NOCD therapist recommended to me really made a difference. i think it'll be especially helpful for you because it offers personalized step-by-step support when OCD latches onto fears like the one you're experiencing, guiding you just like an OCD therapist would. i hate when people promote stuff, but i really think it can help you because it's changed my life. lmk if you have Qs or just want to talk more! <3
How about going to the ER and have it looked at.
@GurlyGurl I already have went, they didn’t give me a shot on the first night I got bit they dismissed me
I just want to check up to see if you are doing okay. My brother got scratched by a cat and ended up having to take shots. Agonizingly scary.
I have extreme fear of rabies and it triggered my usually bearable ocd to the point i cant function normally. Whenever I pass by something on the ground resembling a bat my brain tells me its a bat and that I have touched it with my hand and that I have rabies now. Sometimes I take a photo of potential triggers to be sure I wont ruminate later aka ask myself what if it was this or that and i just look at the photo i took and be sure its nothing. The triggers are also becoming harder to bear everytime, for example 3 days ago it was night and I saw something small and dark on the ground and didnt see it clearly, phone was almost dead and i couldnt take a photo of it, probably wouldnt anyway because there were two people nearby so i just left myself a note in the phone that it was nothing and I didnt touch it, but you guessed it, my brain says its a bat and that i touched it, creating a false memory and now i feel like i cant know what actually happened..rn i cant think of anything but being terrified of dying of rabies because i cant trust my memory. I feel like Im going crazy
My beloved cat of 6 years is extremely sick, i adopted him when i was in the army and hes always helped me get through my PTSD. After about 1K in vet bills the vet said he likely will not survive this week, and i should consider euthanasia as its most likely advanced pneumonia or heart disease. Hes a indoor only cat and when i was trying to feed him his tooth scratched me and i got a tiny cut. Now my OCD is trying to convince me i somehow got rabies on top of it already going crazy and mourning my cat even though hes still fighting and not yet gone. I feel awful that now im scared to continue caring for him because now im scared of being near him
I recently saw a tiktok about rabies and now I can't stop thinking about it. I'm so scared a bat bit me and I didn't notice and now I have rabies. I haven't seen a bat in a long time and in my country there hasn't been a case since 2018. But I'm so scared what if I have it or what if I get it. What if I wake up tomorrow and I have hydrophobia(one of the symptoms). I can't stop thinking about this:(
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