Hi guys. Doing certain jobs around the house can become unpleasant. I have a problem with contamination. Even washing my hands can get out of hand. I also have intrusive thoughts.... Help?

It's my first day here. It's good hearing from someone who goes through something similar to me!

I use sanitizer when contamination gets me sometimes. Although I have the urgr to wash. I end up washing my hands sometimes even though I've used sanitizer. OCD is something else

Thanks for the advise!! I'm going to try it. Living with anxiety the isn't easy lol. I know but I'll try pushing through

@Tyrelle That's cool! If u ever want to talk about contamination just let me know because I'm gonna tell u right now that theres hardly any contamination talk here lol.

@M H I have contamination ocd as well.

@hanajade Cool. I mean not cool but u know. I'm just saying because mostly people post about soocd and I hardly see any contamination on here lol. I think its kind of weird that this is the hardest ocd for me to deal with yet if I had to choose one ocd to stick with it would be contamination lol.

@Tyrelle I actually do that too sometimes wen I'm not convinced by the hand sanitizer. Or wen my hands get too sticky with it.

@M H I am going to find the contamination ocd to be really hard when doing erp.

@hanajade I'm finding it hard. I'm supposed to touch things and not wash my hands rn but sometimes I cant help it. Contamination seems more logical than other ocds even tho its mostly not rational lol.

@M H Yes it does. My contamination ocd has gotten worse since covid.

@hanajade I think contamination ocd Isnt easy. Do you do that thing when you think your hands aren't clean so you keep washing them? I do.

@hanajade My OCD got worse during quaranteen

@M H I'll keep that in mind lol... is this the only type of OCD you suffer from or there's more?

@M H It sucks. Because you've washed my hands but you still go back even though you've washed thrm

@M H Hand sanitizer is better because I don't have to go through the hastle of washing my hands but I cant always use it

@Tyrelle I use hand sanitiser if there is no bathroom and if o think that the bathroom is dirty, I will also use it when I go to the shops and anything I touch that could be contaminated.

@Tyrelle Sometimes I do that. Contamination ocd is not easy to reduce especially during a pandemic.

@hanajade Imagine living with no OCD. The freedom you'll have.

@hanajade Sanitizer saves me trouble. Is contamination the only ocd you suffer from or you don't want to discuss it in a public forum

@Tyrelle I know.

@Tyrelle I suffer from checking ocd as well

@Tyrelle I have soocd which I've gotten over. I have rocd which I have also been getting over. I also have religion ocd which I am in the process of getting over. I have harm ocd too. That one's getting better too. I also have pocd but that ones not as bad for me lol. I thank God that I've been getting better at those because when quarantine started I got so bad. Then theres contamination. That one is the most stubborn for me. I don't like erps for that lol.

@Tyrelle Contamination is really restricting because u cant touch this and u cant touch that. Then u freak out wen u go somewhere. When I go in public I'm not that scared anymore. I just watch out for things that look dirty lol.

@M H I don't know how to deal with contamination ocd. I managed to kinda get over checking. In going through other types

@M H Are you on any other social media platform? Im not comfortable talking about private issues in a public forum. Plus I need help on going through some of OCD I'm going through.... I'm so interested in hearing about yours. It's a bit relieving to know I'm not alone (as bad as that sounds)

@Tyrelle The only social media I have is snapchat lol. So if u want to add me there u can.

@M H Lol what's your snapchat

@Tyrelle Its Blue_Beanie lol.

Did u add me lol.

@M H Lol I added you just now

@Tyrelle It's T. N 👑

@Tyrelle I dont see it on my snapchat.

@M H Fr?

@M H Add me on Snapchat! Username: bukhossiiiiii https://www.snapchat.com/add/bukhossiiiiii

@Tyrelle Oh that was u lol. I was looking for T.N

@M H I'll add u rn

@M H Lol yeah that was me

@M H Aayyyytttt

@Tyrelle My messages wont send. Idk y but I got urs tho.

@M H Fr? I thought it was my network.

@Tyrelle I tried sending messages to see if it would work

@Tyrelle It's not sending still. Maybe it could be ur network because I can send messages to others lol.

@M H Fr..... I wanted to talk to you though