Pigpen
- Date posted
- 4y
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 4y
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.
PigpenPigpen
- Date posted
- 4y
Thank you Frankie!
PigpenPigpen
- Date posted
- 4y
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!
FrankieTF79FrankieTF79
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- 4y
@Europe2018 That's not fair Europe2018. Pigpens OCD is just as valid and traumatic as yours. Let's be Teamplayers.
AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 4y
@Europe2018 Wtf is wrong with u. It's not a competition
Mar41Mar41
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
@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.
MaybeMaybe
- Date posted
- 4y
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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