Hello. I’m new here. I have a severe contamination ocd fear. I’m terrified that sperm is EVERYWHERE. Doctors offices, stores, just everywhere. I’m scared that if I touch something that may have sperm on it and then touch myself down there be it masterbation or just wiping after peeing, I will become pregnant. This fear has absolutely absorbed me. Any words of advice on how to rid of this fear? Facts? Please excuse my horrid grammar, just a panicking teen. ( id like to add that I do not have sex. I do not allow bare penises near my vagina and I do not allow freshly ejaculated sperm or freshly ejaculated pre ejaculate near my vagina. )

U can't get pregnant like that it's impossible ?

Hey I know facts don’t always help, especially since OCD is mostly irrational while we all know this it’s hard to make yourself think rationally without doing your compulsions. However I find that looking into the rational can help my anxiety toward the obsession, as a way to reset myself and think this fact is fact and what I’m thinking really means it’s not a huge deal....while I still have to do the compulsions I feel signtly releaves and well sometimes progress it progress. Anyway, sperm cannot live outside the body for very long at all....knowing this may help you be able to touch things you feel may be contaminated days later since the sperm you fear are truely dead and cannot impregnate you Hope this helps :)

I also have severe contamination ocd fear so I get where you’re coming from. I sometimes get scared to even go near men because I’m scared that it will make me pregnant if I accidentally touch them and then touch myself at all.

Omg I have the SAME THING. I thought no one else did. I think sperm is EVERYWHERE

I'm sorry i don't know anything about that. Good luck

I can't say I know exactly how this is. But I've had a touch of this type of fear. But you have to try to not get reassurance. Your not gunna feel long term relief if people tell you this or that isn't contaminated. You have to tell yourself then you can believe it. That's tough but with ocd most things aren't rational try to be rational about it like no there's no reason this would be contaminated there's no reason for me to think so either

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