Really need help, can't move on from contamination

This is a long one lol but basically, a couple of weeks ago I went to the toilet (#2, sorry for the tmi). Let's just say it was messy. I remember that a speck of.. #2.. Fell off the piece of toilet paper. This was probably the worst thing that could ever happen. I can't remember clearly but I'm pretty sure my jeans were on the floor underneath near where the speck could have fallen. There was also a towel. I don't know exactly where it fell as it was so small, but I made sure both the towel and the jeans went in the laundry basket and I cleaned the floor near there. Fast forward to like the next day. My mum does most of the laundry, so she will have picked up all the towels and clothes from the laundry basket and taken them to the wash. The problem is the speck. I don't know where it went but if it was on the towel and she picked it up.... Thus, contaminated mum. And she also puts clothes away that are dry. I remember that day she put my hoodie in my wardrobe, and I haven't worn it since because I feel it is contaminated. I haven't worn the clothes that have touched the hoodie. This leaves me with not a lot of clothes. And today I finally snapped and picked up a sweatshirt that had maybe touched the hoodie. And now I'm just sat here spiralling, wearing it. What if it touched the speck? What if the speck touched my mum and then touched the hoodie which then touched the sweatshirt I'm wearing? Please I'm so scared.

Contamination OCD

Estrid

Date posted: 2d ago

I have been exactly whete you are. Do you know what? If you let go of this rumination - with time the thoughts will fade. Use your hoodie and all the "maybe contaminated clothes" - and let the discomfort be there. It's not easy - but it will get easier the more you practice.

No matric ce...

Date posted: 2d ago

I'm sorry you are going through a hard time, are you able to afford to see or currently seeing a ERP ocd therapist?

Anonymous

Date posted: 2d ago

My dog lately has been smelling terrible. Even after a good bath, a day or so later same. I worry he maybe sick, but I can not afford to take time to the Vet. I caught one of my neighbors spraying sometime in his face about 3 weeks ago and I haven't been able to get him back to himself. My fault because he wasn't on a lease. But our backyards have enclose screened porches, but this particular neighbor is prejudice and nosey. She can't believe I have the credit score or the money to have lived here for almost 2.5 years. And I don't have anyone running in or out therefore, not accusations can be made.

Anonymous

Date posted: 2d ago

But... oh, the dog and contamination. It's increasingly starting to be a thing. I found myself diligently studying the best way to clean baseboard. Lately, I always smell toilet water, or something usual. I've been running around the house scrubbing and cleaning. Creating mixture to clean stains, smears and smuggles. I stand at the top of my stairs and almost swear that the stench coming from downstairs smells like an open infected wound. UGH! Yuk. I've changing out garage too soon that I'm out of garbage bags and cleaning products and I never run out of those things. But what I have noticed is that I buy all those things in excess and in bulk. Have done that all my life with everything in the house, including groceries. I have always blamed that it comes from me being in a large family and my mom teaching my to cook in large quantities. And I still cook in large quantities to not cook everyday. But what I see is that I have done this for a very long time. It has never been a problem, I just say it keeps me from having to go shopping every week like other people. But now I think it might be something else.... I don't know. I don't understand me anymore

flutterfawn

Date posted: 13w ago

contamination ocd

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?

cupcake11

Date posted: 13w ago

Any tips for construction and contamination

I live in my parents’ house and they are currently redoing the roof and the insulation in the attic. My parents’ house is at least 50 years old. The only way into the attic is through my room. I knew I would have to relocate but now I feel like my room is contaminated and can just never been clean. I feel like everything needs to be thrown away that was exposed to the old insulation or touched by the workers. No matter what I do I just will always think that my room is dirty. Does anyone know how to push past getting stuck with these thoughts? Or dealing with people making you feel worse because they don’t understand?

squirrelobse...

Date posted: 13w ago

Panicking and feel back at stage one

Earlier I posted about trying to get back to sitting on my sofa without a blanket covering it. And I did it, but now my day has been ruined. I left for two seconds and my cat decided to sit there, so now it's not clean anymore. This is because sometimes she's had number two stuck to her and no longer trust that she's clean. It took so much for me to just do that and sit without a blanket and now I'm just so done. I'm also scared to walk anywhere in my house. We sometimes get slugs in our conservatory and I don't walk in there anymore because there can be slug slime trails (it's carpet). The thing is, my mum regularly goes in there, my dad too. And then they proceed to walk around the rest of the house without changing shoes or anything. I'm just panicking because I was having a good day and now I feel like I'm isolated to my bedroom.

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