question about touch/sensation!

(20, mdni!) okay, so this is abt my real event ocd, but I can totally see ppl w/ other types of ocd being affected by this too, so feedback from ANYONE is appreciated. do you guys ever wipe your hand when you bump into/graze against something on accident? like let’s say you’re talking to somebody, they’re showing you something, you reach for it, and your knuckle accidentally brushes against their boob. when it’s over, and you go back to whatever you were doing before, would you also wipe your hand on a rough surface repeatedly or scrape at the places you touched something with using your teeth to get rid of the lingering sensation? bc that’s something I do on top of rumination. it happened a lot when I was younger, too. I’d be reading a book/playing a game abt nature, and when something like a picture of a bug or fungus came up, I’d get spooked, drop what I was doing and wipe my hands on my pants. I have a good feeling I’m not alone in this, but I haven’t seen a lot of people talk abt it. pls let me know if I’m right!!

dollfeelsstuck

Date posted: Yesterday

ps. do you ever ruminate on what kind of face you made after something awkward too? like if for some freakish reason you had this creepy little smirk and you didn’t know bc you were too busy freaking out on the inside to have control over your own face?

Sloomyhare

Date posted: Yesterday

Yes bro. I started carrying around hand sanitizer and now its becoming a bad habit whenever stuff like that happens. I brushed my hand against my coworkers arm by accident and i immediately used the sanitizer because i felt like i did something bad. Your 100% not alone but lets hope to not make these things a solid habit

dollfeelsstuck

Date posted: Yesterday

@ughhhh I try not to but godddd I notice so much about everything… I really wish I could just move on and that’d be the end of it…

Sloomyhare

Date posted: Yesterday

@dollfeelsstuck I feel you 🙂‍↕️ i wish the same but ig we just gotta get through it!

dollfeelsstuck

Date posted: Yesterday

@dollfeelsstuck then again I’m somewhat grateful I can’t tho… as much of a pain as ocd is, its made me really self-accountable and emotionally mature… it comes at a price but being #wokeasf in a way that terrifies and debilitates me is worth it on my end

dollfeelsstuck

Date posted: Yesterday

@Sloomyhare hell yeah!! we are more than what we’re scared of!!

Sloomyhare

Date posted: Yesterday

@dollfeelsstuck OMFG I FEEL THAT EXTREMELY. I have changed in so many positive ways but i feel guilty for not learning the things i do now. Its crazy but honestly lets feel glad we are smart adults and not ignorant children anymore. We’ve grown alot despite us still struggling

dollfeelsstuck

Date posted: Yesterday

@Sloomyhare YES‼️ YES‼️ YES‼️ like it’s good that we’re able to recognize our wrongdoings and actively advance towards self improvement!! really wish it didn’t keep me from getting out of bed every day but yeah!!

workingonthings

Date posted: Yesterday

Yep, feel this one. For me it could have been a thought/word or even a gesture like a thumbs up, I’d need to wipe it off of my body asap using my own clothes, the grass or ground or anything to wipe off the sensation of it, though obviously nothing is there.

workingonthings

Date posted: 19h

What about redoing an action to see if you actually did touch or brush up against something you didn’t want to? I’d walk down the hall and think my sweatshirt touched a doorway or cabinet so I’d walk by it again to see if I imagined it or not. Such a waste of time, and I feel crazy.

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