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For me it’s definitely mostly the fesr of giving others an illness. I also have moments in which I worry for myself, but these are rare. I also fear being exposed to something dirty, but compared to the other two it’s a mild feeling and may stem more from the fact that I was raised to always consider hygiene ( wear slippers ar public swimming pools etc)
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Same!! Disgust. For example. Public bathrooms I know you cannot catch much there but seeing other people’s substance disgusts me to no end. It’s a big deal and I feel like seeing any small minor trace of bodily fluid makes me feel like I swam in a pool of dirt and anything I encountered that day. It has caused me hours of my life and have made me sooo upset
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This is exactly me? just the feeling of another persons bodily fluids on me is unbearable
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I’m terrified of sickness. Mine is mostly with toilets and food. I can’t eat cause all food could be contaminated and I have to use almost an entire roll of toilet paper cleaning the toilet seat before I can use the toilet. Second to that is the fear of getting another person sick from not washing my hands (mostly when preparing food). Contamination with food (that would result in food poisoning) is my biggest and worst one right now. I have almost completely stopped eating.
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I have a fear of being poisoned by food as well ✨
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I'm scared of giving others a sickness. I think my contamination fear is actual part of my harm OCD where I fear accidently hurting others.
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I think it’s the same for me..
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The first and last for me. And the general feeling of disgust is so hard to explain to a therapist!
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Before I feared germs and didn’t fear bathroom. So if someones family had the stomach bug I would avoid anything this person came across even standing next to them. Even if they are not the ones who’s had the stomach bug. But now I care less about this. But if I see a dirty toilet and just see it with my eye now anything I wore that day or touched that day is now fully contaminated. Along with where I sit. Like my car is also contaminated. Etc. I need some tips to help fight this because I know it makes no sense but the disgust is sooo strong. I cannot stand seeing public bathroom and traces of gross bodily substance
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I fear being contaminated with STDs from toilets, sitting on public transport when I have a skirt on, touching “dirty” objects etc because I’m scared of my partner leaving and thinking I cheated So fear of abandonment made me suffer contamination ocd
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- 24w
Trying not to seek reassurance, but rather connect the dots on my OCD and possible reasons as to why I am the way I am. I have severe OCD (or at least I hope I do) mainly surrounding POCD. I've had symptoms of OCD the majority of my life but this theme has come up more recently. When I was a kid, and i'm talking 6-7, I was first exposed to some really gross adult content online. It was introduced to me by a friend of mine around the same age of me. I saw some really disgusting things that a 6-7 year old should definitely not see. This was not a one time occurrence, as I had been exposed to taboo topics online years to come after that, such as the same friend introducing me to Omegle... And i'm sure you can imagine how that went, theres a lot of genuinely disgusting human beings on there. Coming back to the reason for making this post; is it possible to early exposure to this content could be one of the reasons I struggle with POCD? It genuinely scares me to death because you hear that real p*dos dealt with simular situations when they were kids, so thats kind of making me feel that this could be more than OCD, and I could be a genuinely bad person. My POCD feels so real, that at times i'm fully convinced its not OCD. Sometimes I can't even distinguish the feelings of attraction between a younger person and an older person, except for the feeling of anxiety and fear. Its really hard to explain without going into detail, but it just feels so real. Some feedback on this would be great, thank you all.
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- 20w
all morning i have been feeling like there is dirt and grime on my skin. i showered last night. i washed my hair on tuesday night and i will wash it tonight. but i feel like there is dirt in my scalp and in my hair and i feel like i haven’t showered in weeks. i don’t want to feel like this anymore. every day i am anxious about how clean i am and its taking over my life. any tips?
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- 19w
Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
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