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It's hard, I get it. Remind yourself that they're just ocd thoughts, and not reality. You have washed your hands (many times) and that's all most people would do about it. Try to let it go :)
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Okay Thankyou, I’m trying to relax and it’s so hard
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Me too constantly washing my clothes and if I'm really not happy then I throw them away
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This app is so good at least we know we are not the only ones with this shitty ocd
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I know! My hands are so sore from all the washing?♀️ Hoping for some progress for all of us! Keep going ♥️ :)
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In my head the carpet by entrance of front door full of contamination
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Its just ur ocd makes us think complete and utter crap that dont make sense
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So should I just try to disregard it now? I want to disinfect my desk I feel like I need to burn it and chop my arm off to feel clean lol but I’m trying to resist cleaning too much. I did wash my hands though because I think even normal people would be disgusted
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Yes wash ur hands absolutely I would too and many others too x
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Don't feel like it's a letdown. I am so bad at doing erp lately too. Have been washing clothes nonstop this week? Next week will be better!
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Me too. Always think everything is contamination . It's hard isn't it ? I'm signed off work at the mo . I'm getting better but have started new things at home now
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My husband notices too which makes me worse
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Keep it up everyone. Yes my hands are cracked and I’m worried I’ll break things again by overwashing and overspraying them. This contamination thing is awful but we can try again next week and try to sit with the anxiety like they tell us to do
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Me too all the time I'm signed off work at the mo because of my ocd / anxiety I was just hoovering up dropped the small tool on carpet I had to pick it up so now yes my hands are an issue I really hate this shite
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I dunno what the blob was and it FREAKS ME OUT because it’s clearly something disgusting and I dunno where it came from or if it’s from a person What if i caught something? I’m DEALTHY afraid of contracting STDs and my partner getting them from me
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Its awfull . And really hard try and let the thought pass just think others have prob touched it too
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And there ok
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I know, same here. Been having ocd episodes the whole week, one thing after another. Washing my clothes way too often and worrying nonstop. I feel exhausted. Better times ahead, hang in there :)
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Am I being unreasonable worrying about the std? I wanna disregard it as ocd and move on but I don’t know if that’s irresponsible and I SHOULD worry
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I've been off 4 weeks now. Never been off before I'm on extra 20 mg prozac so now 60 mg in totalI think there just starting to kick in after 3 weeks
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Or I'm hoping . Having therapy Too
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Some days ok then others completely bloody awfull
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Hope that helps x
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If it helps I've forgotten about my dirty hands lol x
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For six months I’ve had CONSTANT triggers which is why my std fear began I entered an AMAZING relationship and I love him so much. I’m scared he will always leave however, hence why I connect STDs with “oh god what if he rhinks I cheated and leaves me” We tested negative at the start BUT then; I had BV Then thrush Then oral thrush Then three mild utis Then conjunctivitis THEN a lump appeared in my eye and is still there which I keep worrying is an undetected STD, I’ll pass it tocmyself if I touch my face then my vagina and I’ll pass it to him, he will wonder where the std came from as we both tested negative and then will think I cheated and leave me Then I started paying attention to spotting and any itchy sensation All of this made me compulsively test and test and test ALL negative Now I’m scared I’ll catch something from public toilets and fucking NOW I TOUCHED SNOT and in scared of contracting an std via that now
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Its hard but try and let these thoughts go there just shitty thoughts that meen absolutely shit x
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So I should just accept that I washed my hands and that’s enough?
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Mean
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Its hard but yes x
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I just wanna be able to relax and know I haven’t put myself at risk of losing my partner he’s so wonderful I can’t bear the thought of losing him and that’s what’s driving my ocd
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It really is x
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SAme. Blood from period is my trigger and in the past 6 months I’ve seen blood on the bathroom floor 3x and I’ve seen a used tampon with blood allover it next to my foot on the street. I was very very anxious and triggered and I’m not over it.
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Omg, I feel for you, I've stepped on disgusting things on the streets too. Last year I stepped right next to a band aid with blood on it, then convinced myself that I was closer to it than I was and had to wipe my shoes with antibacterial wipes when I got home (still don't feel clean). And then one time I stepped on a condom..? (?♀️) I'm feeling anxious just thinking about this again. I need to go and meditate now lol
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@washie I still wanna cut my own fucking arm off (just to be sure I didn’t miss part LOL) and set fire to my desk....been like it since yesterday morning
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Just read your other post! Sounds to me like both you AND the desk are cleaner than ever lol. Even if you hadn't washed your hands yesterday, you would be okay! Try to not wash any more of it. Ocd will tell you that things are still contaminated, but in reality they are not. :)
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Hahaha I know right?! Thankyou xx
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Agree with washie lol x
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Super hard though right !
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Drives me scatty
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Guys I sprayed the floor with Lysol just because I saw blood the other day. Ocd keeps making me think I stepped on it and this doubting is truly stressing me out sooo much. I’m about to spray and wipe it with more lysold
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You would know if you did, this is typical ocd doubts. I do it too! I somehow convince myself that I stepped on something or that my clothes touched something gross when I wasn't even near it. You already sprayed the floor with Lysol once anyway, no need to do it again! Don't give in :)
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Thanks washie. I gave in :( and I sprayed the floor so much and slipped and almost sprained my wrist. I should have known better but I didn’t. I know ocd is a doubting disease an typically im smart to know this but not lately. I’m so frustrated. Thanks for the tips though.
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I obsess constantly about my hands being dirty and feel like I can actually see the germs and bacteria crawling all over my hands if I can’t wash them as soon as I touch something. It’s really embarrassing since people in my life have noticed this “weird” behavior but it’s a huge problem for me and I don’t know how to make the obsessive thoughts stop.
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I’m so scared. Part of me feels ok and part of me feels like I need to clean everything off. Basically my sweater had a stain on it from food it was newly washed but I decided to throw it in the wash again. While throwing it in the laundry basket I noticed a specific type of clothing that scares me. I quickly put the sweater on top of the used laundry and left. My phone was in the living room and I’m pretty constantly scared it will get contaminated by laundry I’m not sure why but that fear started randomly. Anyway I had to walk past the living room to wash my hands in the kitchen because someone had to use the bathroom badly and was waiting for me to just throw my laundry in to go to the bathroom. Anyway I’m scared I went near my phone or contaminated it with my hands. I can’t remember the details fully either but I just remember walking straight to the kitchen but I don’t know. I’m really scared and I want to clean everything like my phone and everything it was near. The thing is my fear is real because used laundry is so gross. What do I do? When throwing clean laundry in a basket should you wash your hands? Do most people? Even if the article of clothing isn’t dirty? Because maybe my hands accidentally went near the actual gross laundry I don’t know
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sorry if im putting to much detail in here I can take it down if it is too much and makes people uncomfy. Last night was watching some ex*pl*cit content while lying on the rug in the room in my house I spend most of my time and where my family usually goes into and it caused a physical reaction. I went to the bathroom to clean up and then sprayed the shower done and put bleach on the floor but I wiped the floor with a towel to kinda clean it but idk if I put enough bleach to clean it and if I got it in the areas that mattered and I sprayed Lysol on the bathroom counter to make sure no germs of my earlier reaction got any where but I ran out of Lysol after spraying everything but I made sure to spray the rug with some Lysol before I ran out but idk if I got everything I mean I focused on the rug but I didn’t spray all of it and I didn’t spray all the stuff that was in the room. And to make things worse after my reaction earlier I put my devices and charger on the floor of my room before washing my hands or my devices so I had to clean the floor in my room I used bleach but I didn’t put it everywhere on the floor which makes me anxious and idk if I cleaned my devices or charger well enough and I’m scared they are still infected. But back to the rug i sprayed it down with odoban it says disinfectant on it but I think it’s only for hard surfaces it disinfects but I still sprayed it around on the rug but I don’t know if it actually disinfected anything. And of course to make matters worse my baby cousins toys were in the room so I sprayed them with what little Lysol I had left but idk if I cleaned it well enough but I already put them with their other toys so idk what to do. After I thought I cleaned everything I put my devices on my mattress I don’t have my blankets on my mattress yet cause I washed them like a week or 2 ago and they are just laying on my bed but not put on my mattress so I’m scared my mattress if infected since I’m laying on my mattress with my feet on my chair and my devices are on my mattress. And idk I don’t want people getting those bad germs in them and I,worry about this a lot and Ik a lot of people will say that it isn’t that huge of a deal and I want to,believe them and it helps but my mind is always telling me that even if that’s true I have a responsibility to make sure everything is clean so people don’t get hurt and it doesn’t help that I’ve been so,itchy and idk why and my little brother is also itchy idk if it’s because I don’t clean well enough and it’s my germs or not but I’m tired do I need,to clean my mattress and covers again and reclean the rug I think I do but I’m trying to go against that thinking but it’s hard because I feel like a bad persons. And today I’m scared to leave my room i feel like I’m filthy and that the rug in the other room is contaminated and it doesn’t help I need to go to the doctor today when I’m feeling like anyone I’m around im infecting
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