I found for me recently that going out in public can be difficult. Everything feels contaminated. I don’t want to touch anything or anyone, or have them touch me. I feel constantly uncomfortable. Grocery shopping is one of the worst things because I know how many handlers each product has had, most times ends in crying. My therapist only word of is advice is to get over it.

Same . Do u find it hard to touch ur own personal items after ? Like toiletries and things . I do struggle with this

i feel that. and i know it’s hard but don’t shut yourself in because the outside world is scary, that will only make your ocd worse. and maybe consider getting a new therapist, especially one that specializes in ocd

It's not that easy to just get over it . I'm exactly the same

Its soooooo bloody hard x

Me too x

With me if someone touches me at work I think something will happen to me or them Because one focus is contaminated with what I'm not sure I feel scared about it makes me really anxious scared something bad may happen

Of us I mean

Not focus sorry

This was me this past weekend I could not leave the house since de contaminating rituals take me soo long and I didn’t want to deal with it again. With grocery I am able to do as the therapist said which is to don’t think about it accept the uncertainty. For other triggers I have, I cannot do it at all to a point where I don’t even want to leave and contaminate myself and clean for an hour. I spend an hour spraying floors too because of shoe dirt.

Brit. I’m also in school and working so it’s hard but one day I didn’t have school or work and I didn’t leave. I know Jaz, that is really bad as it makes it worse but I was sooo tired of the compulsions. I don’t know what to do. Even tomorrow I want to call in sick from work and skip school but I cannot do that.

Brit our ocd is similar I think but mine is centered around the gross bathroom at my work but same thing I sanitize and I think anything I wore outside to that area is super contaminated.

I'm kind of the same . I am signed off work but I am forcing my self out which does help . I'm actually popping to my work place this morning 1st time since of been off . Feeling really nervous scared someone might touch me x

So the challenge is I actually got over my fear of the mall bathroom. Then suddenly bam I got reminded of why I’m afraid of it again. I saw fresh blood splatters. That triggered me so much I cannot go there. I use a diff bathroom or do not pee at all. It’s making the idea to avoid the bathroom so much stronger.

Jaz. I just read your post. I’m so afraid now. I shut myself this weekend and I felt like those people who cannot leave the house. Now I’m tempted to do it again. I keep avoiding my trigger which is the bathroom where I work at the mall. It’s really hard but I can’t keep avoiding it though I know why people choose to shut the outside world. For thanksgiving break I am not stepping outside. ?

Good luck to me lol ?

Yes. I don’t wanna get even worse so I’m trying

Jaz it’s hard when anytime I go in I know I could see my trigger which in turn can make my life so miserable with decontamination rituals. It’s impacting how dehydrated I become too. I’m trying to face it but I can’t seem to. I’m on break next week so I won’t have to worry about it but I’m so afraid for the following week