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- 3y ago
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- 3y ago
Hey we are all suffering. I want to die almost everyday and I have contamination ocd too. My family distanced themselves from me because I hurt them because back then I couldn’t touch, hug, or accept kind gestures like them doing my laundry for me. My current relationship is deteriorating because I’m constantly on edge and can’t do housework while they’re working so hard. I’m practically disabled because going to the bathroom is so tiring I can’t do anything else but lay in bed where ocd attacks my thoughts. All themes matter. OCD is not an adjective. It’s not just cleaning. I can’t imagine how tired they must be from always cleaning when just touching random things is so tiring for me.
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- 3y ago
Thank you Frankie!
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- 3y ago
You made my day because for a moment there I forgot all the things I need to do. It's actually worse than I made it seem. I have a list so long and never get caught up. I am in constant fear of touching something or it touching something because then I have to clean anything it touched because it reminds me of something bad. But now that I read it again it looks like am just this happy little cleaner with a sparkling house!
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- 3y ago
@Europe2018 That's not fair Europe2018. Pigpens OCD is just as valid and traumatic as yours. Let's be Teamplayers.
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- 3y ago
@Europe2018 Wtf is wrong with u. It's not a competition
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- OCD Conqueror
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- 3y ago
@Europe2018 Try living with contamination OCD and then calling it "nothing." Though it's in a different way, contamination obsessions and compulsions cause as much distress for us as your thoughts cause you.
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- 3y ago
No matter the theme - the feelings we get are similar. And they are excruciating for us all. So really there is no better and worse OCD theme! I'm sorry Pipgen you are struggling. Have you tried resisting the urge to clean? I'm also thinking you could try to set an alarm for bed time and then go to bed, no matter how strong the urge to keep cleaning is. Then see the next morning if it got any better.
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- 24w ago
I have contamination OCD and sometimes I don't feel like cleaning. I have a huge pile of blankets on my floor that feel contaminated and I have two dogs and seven cats. I don't really touch them anymore like I used to since my OCD got worse. One of my dogs like to pee on my floor a lot and sometimes I'm too lazy to clean it, because I'd have to get the carpet shampooer out and actually clean. Sometimes I do it because I don't want to wash my hands over and over, so I just avoid it. Now I'm scared that the dry urine is on my feet and are now in my bed. I know that I should just say well maybe it did or maybe it didn't and just go about my day, but it's hard. For the people who conquered contamination OCD how did you get through stuff like this? Thank you in advance to anyone who answers my post.
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- 11w ago
all morning i have been feeling like there is dirt and grime on my skin. i showered last night. i washed my hair on tuesday night and i will wash it tonight. but i feel like there is dirt in my scalp and in my hair and i feel like i haven’t showered in weeks. i don’t want to feel like this anymore. every day i am anxious about how clean i am and its taking over my life. any tips?
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- 10w ago
Earlier I posted about trying to get back to sitting on my sofa without a blanket covering it. And I did it, but now my day has been ruined. I left for two seconds and my cat decided to sit there, so now it's not clean anymore. This is because sometimes she's had number two stuck to her and no longer trust that she's clean. It took so much for me to just do that and sit without a blanket and now I'm just so done. I'm also scared to walk anywhere in my house. We sometimes get slugs in our conservatory and I don't walk in there anymore because there can be slug slime trails (it's carpet). The thing is, my mum regularly goes in there, my dad too. And then they proceed to walk around the rest of the house without changing shoes or anything. I'm just panicking because I was having a good day and now I feel like I'm isolated to my bedroom.
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