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- Theocdvirgo
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- 31w ago
STD contamination fears
Does anyone else have really bad contamination OCD surrounding stds? Because I can hardly find anything about it on here.
Does anyone else have really bad contamination OCD surrounding stds? Because I can hardly find anything about it on here.
I get very worried about this and my partner will get upset sometimes cause we've been together for 7 yrs and doesn't understand why I would be scared if I'm not cheating. I can get a test and it say negative and I'll just assume the virus or whatever just isn't detectible yet and I'll probably be positive in a few months. I've done this a lot with HIV and hepatitis. I'm still not sure I don't have them but I literally just got tested a week ago š„“ also I work in a dental office and see blood all the time so that def doesn't help.
@_sarah_ I relate to this so much! My partner and I have been together for 6 years and I still struggle with std fears and chronic testing.
That is my biggest fear, I canāt tell you how many hiv tests Iāve done within a year for the most surreal reasons I never seem to accept that I donāt have it and stop panicking
Oh yeah- that was a big one for me. Paranoid about every ingrown hair. Terrified of sleeping with anybody who had slept with anybody else. It significantly impacted my relationships and how I chose a partner. Itās a tough one to cope with.
This is a big part of my contamination OCD. Itās been hard dating. I took some time off from dating when my OCD was at its peak. I havenāt slept with a new person in 6 years, itās tough to explain to my friends why I havenāt been dating. Iāve been slowly getting back on the apps though after doing exposure therapy
After being sexually assaulted I developed a fear of sex and as a protection my OCD became obsessed with STDs and Iāve been tested a million times for everything they will test me for (they strongly recommended against testing me for herpes because everyone has it in some form and if youāre not showing symptoms and using protection it is near impossible to pass on so it doesnāt matter until you want to settle down and there is a big stigma) Iāve always come back clean, even for the random shit I googled like mycoplasma that I begged to be to be tested for. I still freak out. And now since I am starting to believe I am ok I donāt want to have sex with someone else Incase they infect me (even though if we use condoms and they get the routine test for HIV, Hep, Syphillis, Gonnorhea , and Chlymidia) the odds are slim. What do I do!!! And I agonize over whether I should disclose I have HPV even though my gyno says no because everyone has it (literally the CDC says that) and it goes away on its own almost always and dude to the lack of education it would do more harm than good. I think I am just finding reasons to avoid intimacy at this point and my OCD is making me intensely fearful about my sexual health in a very painful way to distract me, and I canāt deal. Iād rather just confront my issues.
So Iāve been doing so well lately. One of my biggest OCD themes besides harm is related to health and particularly STDās within that. Iāve always had a fear of the STDās that are incurable...particularly herpes though itās effect on someoneās life is minimal. Iāve been sexually active recently (always with protection) and have noticed a spot on my penis. It very well could be acne or dermatitis of some kind but my OCD has already convinced me that itās herpes and that I need to immediately get tested (which both my therapist and primary doctor have said would be feeding into the OCD unless itās blatantly obvious that I need medical attention.) So Iām not sure what to do, any ideas how to cope with this anxiety, has anyone else had this form of OCD? Thank you in advance....
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 itās truly not bad at all although my OCD theme is very focused on it. Iām 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 itās 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 Iām worried about so my OCD has āevidenceā to make me more worried about it. Does anybody else have an OCD theme that is hard to differentiate between whatās real and whatās OCD? Sorry for the long post but Iām very interested to hear more about your experiences!
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