I clean too much at night and not getting to bed until really late. It's not germs that bother me though. I don't even want to be in my house anymore.

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.

Thank you Frankie!

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!

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.