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I’m sorry, I can understand how scary that would be. I suffer from contamination ocd as well. I would use this for an opportunity to practice erp.
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If I didnt have pets I think I might be able to manage. But I have cats who obviously lay on the floor (where those men will have tracked in contamination) and then lay on the couch. I'm so upset. I want to call the town and say absolutely not but I'm afraid they will shut off our water
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I struggle like that too because I have a daughter who crawls on our carpet and so many people live in our house and we have cats that are indoor/ outdoor. It’s really daunting 😩 but I’ve learned I just have to let it go. I know it’s easier said than done but I had no choice. And you eventually learn you can’t actually get sick from things like that. It’s a mind over matter thing. Again, trust me I know easier said than done. Maybe try it and sit with the uncomfortable feelings.
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I dont know if I can try it with adult strangers that I cant control. And also humans are the vectors. This is a huge leap in hierarchy for me. Like it's just not an option at this time.
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@catattak I understand 😔 I’m so sorry. I hate that feeling. It feels so hopeless and suffocating.
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@Freemeofocd I think I just need to stop obsessing for now. Its ot going to help me. I need to wait for my letter in the mail then call the town
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Sorry but this is probably the wrong thing to say but - We are in the middle of a pandemic I would not be letting them in the house. I would lie if I had to - Say someone in the house is coughing so you are isolating . Not good enough that they are doing this . Sorry but Big NO from me .
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I understand we both have contamination ocd so it's kind of blind leading the blind but I am glad to see I'm on par with others. Cases have skyrocketed over night here. Our premier said "it's as if someone showed up and dropped off a bus load of cases over night". We're also moving back into tighter lock down restrictions again so when I saw this notice from the mayor, I was like "what the hell???" Like gatherings are being limited and schools are closing with outbreaks but....sure...send a bunch of work men into everyone's houses and the into mine.....yeah right! If you see it my way, there has to be at least one other person in my neighbourhood who thinks this and I won't be the only complaint to the town.
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I also cannot stop obsessing about this.
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Babies under one can’t have honey. For risk of a very serious illness called infant botchulism which can be fatal. My dad and my brother use honey all of the time in the counters I make her bottles on and they drip sometimes on the floor where she crawls, or don’t wash their hands and then touch door knobs. One time I even found honey dripped on top of her formula canister. The honey ordeal was a hard one for me to deal with. I was so worried that somehow she was going to ingest honey. She never did by some miracle.
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I have contamination OCD that causes me to excessively wash my hands/clean items with disinfectant wipes. I know I just need to start with small exposures but how do I do that without spiraling? I tried a while back by just touching the outside of my dishwasher and not washing my hands after and it led to me being unable to even exist in my house. I basically lived on my couch for three weeks as it was the only 'safe' space that I had not touched with my dirty hands. I had to take a week off work to clean my house to make it somewhat liveable. I still haven't got round to cleaning everything though so things like my kitchen are still no-go zones that I don't enter. I just don't know how to start ERP without it making everything worse. Any advice would be appreciated. I am not seeing a therapist at the moment due to financial constraints.
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Hello! I am really looking for some advice. I have been struggling with OCD for a few years now and it drastically affects my daily life. I am going to give a quick run through of my OCD, and then the current situation I am in now. So for almost 2 years now my most prominent themes of OCD have been getting sick with the stomach bug (emetaphobia) and watching someone die/ having to see large amount of blood or do CPR on someone (I just graduated nursing school). Last year I stopped eating out, wouldn’t touch any of my food with my hands, would wash my hands until they bleed every day, bleached everything I touched when I was in public etc… I would have these major panic attacks all the time and the thought of getting sick hasn’t left my head 24/7 for 2 years. I was unable to complete my nursing school clinicals due to panic attacks each time I was at the hospital afraid someone would die and get these terrible images in my head. I didn’t sleep ever, barely graduated. I did ERP after school and was able to make up the clinical days I missed. Got to a point where I was eating again, felt like I was able to get my hands clean just by washing them. I have been doing exposures every day, and have accepted that getting sick will probably happen at one point and I am okay with it as long as I am at home when it happens. So locking myself in my apartment for 48hr every time after I could have been exposed to the stomach bug is major progress for me and I have been overall doing much better. Fast forward to now: It’s time for me to start my new job on a med/surg floor in a hospital. This week I have made it through a few days of orientation with panic attacks day and night but I am doing it even though I am petrified. I don’t feel ready for this big of a step, being exposed to both of my biggest fears constantly. Today at orientation the girl sitting next to me told me she had been vomiting all day, and continued to run out of the room a vomit the rest of the day. I now am 90% sure I am going to get sick and feel as if I would rather die than continue this amount of stress and anxiety I have felt from just a few days of being on the job. This is my BIGGEST fear and it’s coming true and I don’t know if it’s worth putting myself through this every day at work to just be having constant panic attacks and be miserable. I know with OCD you have to face your fears but I have been pushing myself and trying so hard and I don’t feel like it’s worth it to work this job. I would also feel incredibly guilty for quitting on the first week, but there are a million other nursing jobs that are not in a hospital. I think this is too big of a step for me right now but I wanted to see what others think. Any advice at all is so appreciated!
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It's been a year since I've been able to stay home alone. I don't know how to fight this. I feel like the world will collapse on me. That the house will cave in. Or I'll just lose my mind and scream and run outside screaming and saying the world is falling type thing. I don't know how to help myself. I'm to scared to even try to be alone. I have to have my son 18 stay home with me or my aunt stay with me when my son does leave. It's horrible. I feel like I'm holding my son back from so much. I don't know how to beat this. Please help
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