Rabies ocd

@moon826 I barely found out about rabies a month ago because I stumbled across videos on tik tok and it made me spiral :( I keep having false exposures in my head and I overthink every scratch and mark on my body. It’s been terrible . Did u ever overcome it?

@moon826 Omgg the same thing happened to me. I went outside and came back in and felt a weird feeling on my neck. I looked around but didn’t see anything and my brother told me he never did either. I did notice I had scratches on me and I’m convinced they are from a bat but I went to the doctors and she said they look like they are from me. It’s been almost a month the feeling comes and go but sometimes I just break down because I believed it happened. My family told me I would have had symptoms by now but I have read so many things online where it can take months :( I feel so much better that someone else can relate to me and has a similar story. I’ve been crying so much and convinced I have it

@moon826 I have spent hours a day researching it stories and cases and going on Reddit. The more I read the cases it kinda helps because those people were for sure that they got bit they had evidence. They actually saw a bat. I don’t think I would be so scared if the fatality rate was 100%. When it first happened I wanted to go to the hospital and tell them I for super was exposed so I could get the vaccine 😭😭

@moon826 Dude I’m so scared to go on walks outside so scared I just won’t do it. Especially at night. I hope I can overcome this. It drives me crazy I wasn’t able to get the vaccine I was bawling telling my family I needed it.

@moon826 I had to get off Reddit a little because I know there is a lot of misinformation on there like saying u wouldn’t feel it and it can take years to come up. Which doctors said it usually takes days- weeks. I keep trying not to ask for reassurance of the night I’m thinking about.it doesn’t help I’ve had nightmares about it too. I get scared to go out because anytime I feel a pinch I think it’s that. The thing is I know it’s so rare but my mind thinks what if it’s me.

@moon826 100% I also deleted tik tok. I could not stop watching videos on it. I wish I could trust my doctor who said these are scratches from me I just think the worst :( . I had to delete google and safari off my phone lol because I would not stop searching about it which my therapist told me not to it’s just hard .

@moon826 Same if I’m being honest tik tok has created all of my “ themes” every single fear I’ve had is from that. The only app I guess that doesn’t bother me is Instagram because u can kinda control the algorithm. I guess that’s what I can’t do I know in my head what happened but I believe my ocd over the reality. Even though I’ve had so many people tell me it’s in my head I’m okay. Every day I wake up spiraling and scared. I’m sick rn too so it doesn’t help:(

@moon826 Thank u! I appreciate it :) same I tend to delete the apps a lot and take breaks sometimes it’s too much. I hope ur doing okay as well it made me feel better knowing u had a similar experience and u got through it. Our stories are so similar so it definitely made me feel less calm. I’m almost a month down from that event so yay

@Anonymous More Calm^^ lol not less calm