Community discussion: Extremely specific OCD fears

When I was a kid I would do counting compulsions to try and reduce the likelihood of monsters being in my room at night. It makes logical sense that OCD would focus on whatever I was scared of at the time but still... spooky scary monster OCD 😆

When I was much younger, I used to think those engagement based posts had like real consequences. Like “reblog or your parents will die in 2 days” and I had like the WORST anxiety and paranoia from that. It fed into a lot of my OCD as a kid. Even like nowadays in the back of my mind when I encounter a post like that, it can bother me a little bit. I’m not as scared of em as I used to be, but it puts like a few thoughts or so in my mind.

I have a specific memory as a child we had to get our tree treated for bugs or something and I believed that I had gotten sprayed with the poison and I freaked out and my mom had to call poison control and give me a bath because I believed that some of the “poison” had gotten on me. I also remember that things that were too close together like rice grains really bothered me. I remember telling my mom it was “bent” because the closeness of the grains freaked me out.

I keep thinking that I have practices on the days that I don’t have sports practices and I have to keep constantly checking my schedule and texting my teammates to prove it to myself that I don’t have practice, but then I still get scared that people are gonna be there practicing without me even though I know there’s not a practice

When I was a kid I was so afraid of the world ending in 2012. This was a popular myth at the time, and I obsessed and ruminated over it constantly. I was sure I was going to die no amount of reassurance could help me. I got really into researching the maya civilization to figure out why they predicted this and what they thought was going to happen. None of this was even true but it didn’t matter, I would cry myself to sleep thinking about everyone’s impending death. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder a short time later, which was also an incorrect prediction 🙃

I was obsessed at age 8 of the sun burning out in my lifetime after watching a documentary

Crowds and germs.

I was so afraid of someone else throwing up on a roller coaster and it getting on me at 10 years old I would avoid so many fun things because of this obsession and be so anxious at any amusement parks or anywhere with this possibility.

Yesss multiple times. I have this one which more of also maybe paranoia idk but probably ocd where I would struggle with hygiene or taking care of myself because I have this voice or thought in my head saying I’ll be at more risk of guys coming up to me and trying to harm me or take advantage. So I purposely make myself look ugly to avoid it. It’s a strange one cause I’m actually super insecure and I want to take care of myself but oh no. I never told anyone about this except my therapist but we’re gonna work on it.

I don't know if this is OCD (I'm undiagnosed), but I have always had this fear of the wind and it taking my valuables away from me. I get super scared and make sure I always have bags and pockets with zippers when I go to a theme park with rollercoasters or when I go out on a windy day. I alway worry about if I closed my window properly or not. So yeah, wind it is.

I have a specific story that’s so specific it’s making me wonder if I want it deep down

All my life I’ve enjoyed hurt/comfort themes in books/movies. Sometimes I’ll watch or read specific parts just to experience them. But I’ve started to realize that the sensations they give me feel a like being turned on and that scares me. Am I attracted to people getting hurt or almost dying? And it’s even worse when the people in question are kids or teens. That triggers my pocd for sure. Also, sometimes it happens when I hear real stories from real people on line. I don’t mind so much being turned on by the comfort part, it’s the hurt part that scares me. But then my OCD pops in and tells me I like it. That I want to like it. Just another way my OCD tries to convince me I’m a terrible person

As a kid I was so afraid of cursing and saying bad words that if I even said anything close to a curse word id immediately confess to my parents lol