Rabies ocd ruining my life

@Jess9824 lol it’s the way I had to delete google off my phone 😭😭 I am convinced every single scratch on me is from a bat and I’ll get rabies it’s sooo exhausting. I know we will get through this! I am on my 2nd therapy session

@Jess9824 It’s funny though because I felt a weird sensation on my neck next day saw scratches and convinced myself a bat landed on me and did that but I never saw a bat . OCD is terrible. I saw ur post though about the cat situation! For ur peace of mind I would take her to the vet but I think u will be good :)

@Anonymous I legit removed the browser from the home page on my phone so I didn’t have the intense compulsion to research. I think I’ve spent like 3 hrs daily on Google researching rabies. And the funny thing is the research was suppose to give me reassurance, but instead just added to the anxiety. I feel you with the body checking too and it really is exhausting. I constantly check my body for new scratches or bites too. And washing my hands a lot. We will get through this! I had a therapy session tonight regarding rabies and it was helpful. It will get better.

@Anonymous We are taking the cat to the vet next week. 😊 I’m hoping this will give me peace of mind.

@Anonymous And bats are low key terrifying so I totally get you on that.

@Jess9824 I’m supposed to have ERP next week so I pray it helps me because this has been awful!! I would do the same thing! Well basically what started my fear was videos came up on Tik tok and it made me spiral and this happened like 3 weeks ago? Then 2 days after I had that situation 😞😞

@Jess9824 Yay that will be good I hope it all goes well!! I even almost convinced myself to get the shots 😭 but everyone in my family was like no u don’t need it we never saw one

@Anonymous It will help. ERP is a good tool and it helps you build muscle against the fear. 😊 Yeah, social media is also another outlet that can make OCD worse. Especially when you see something distressing at random like rabies. I had to distance myself from social media for that reason. And thank you, I hope it goes well too. That’s the tricky thing about OCD is that it makes you doubt yourself. I can understand that urgency about the shots. I had that too. It’s hard when you’re spiraling. I’ll be praying that your therapy session goes well. You got this!

@Anonymous Your therapist will also help you learn more about OCD which is very helpful too. You learn why the fear gets stuck and how to manage it. ERP will eventually make OCD bored of rabies with time. And decreases the urgency.

@Jess9824 Thank u so much!! I’m very excited for ERP I really hope it helps me I’ve been a nervous wreck the past 2 weeks

@Jess9824 Sigh of relief truly this made me feel better

@Anonymous I’m glad it helped you feel better. ❤️ And if you feel anxious about rabies again just ride the wave. And just know it’s a wave too and you will survive it. It always has a beginning and end even though in the moment it feels like you’re stuck at the top. Your therapist will help you ride that wave better too. It’s helped me for sure. My homework this weekend is to not research the hell out of rabies and to give my brain a break from the compulsion. Wish me luck. 🙏🏻 We got this.