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I put on a lot of lotion, I’m worse when it comes to my feet, I constantly think their dry, try to fight the urge as best as you can. Good luck!
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Lol I don't do lotion, but I've been obsessively applying chapstick for almost 10+ years. With help from Leah, a NOCD therapist, I'm finally cutting back a LOT, but I can tell how much doing this has really hurt the integrity of my lips. I'd definitely recommend getting help before it gets any worse. :)
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I apply chapstick a lot to just not as much as lotion. i’m glad to see a NOCD therapist is helping! gives me hope! but yeah my hands are not doing well i literally get grey buildup on my hands that i have to scrape off. i am working on getting help, thank you for your response! :)
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Omg yes. This is the very first symptom of my OCD that I really noticed. I’ve been obsessively applying lotion to my face for probably about 10 years now. Best things I’ve done include drinking more water so I don’t feel dry, only moisturizing certain times of day (after shower, before bed, etc)
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i’m glad someone else can relate!! i have it with my hands. drinking more water is something i definitely need to do although my hands aren’t actually dry they’re really slimey tbh so i’m pretty sure it’s just all in my head. thanks for the reply! :)
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- 15w
does anyone else just count for no reason? like their steps or how many times they move. just a few minutes ago i was scratching an itch on my leg and and caught myself counting how many times i scratched😂😂 and recently i’ve just been counting to ten randomly just in my head it’s so random or if i catch myself tapping on something i tap ten times. i got rid of it kind of like i used to do things 37 times or 3 times or 7 times 😂 3 and 7 or just the number 37 was the number for about like 10 months it was BAD. and i also have to turn on a light switch the right way but i don’t know what the right way is tho and it never feels right so i have to literally stop myself and walk away but i usually end up coming back cs ill think about like an hour from then and how ill have this weight on me because i didn’t turn the light switch the right way or the right amount of times but then i literally usually always forget about it so like idk am i weird orrrr does anyone else do thissss 😬😬😬😬
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Hi everyone, I’ve been spending more and more time at the gym and with that means I’ve been spending more time disinfecting and washing my hands. There are certain numbers I try to “hit” when carrying out tasks like the number 4. When washing my hands I will pump the soap 4 times. But then I think about how the running water + paper towel used adds on +2 pts and so I end up at 6 but I don’t like the number 6. So to combat this I will do 4 steps of 4 actions because I don’t like numbers in relation to 3,6, or 9 ( bc of course washing, rinsing, drying 3 times would not be adequate in my mind). But I’ve gotten to the point where I’ll mess up a sequence of what I’m doing and then try to combat the compulsion I feel in the moment and try to forget the number of actions I’ve just carried out. In my mind doing something “♾️” times is better than knowing I for sure didn’t do enough. (In cases like these I equate ♾️ to an undefined/ unknown #). It’s gotten to the point where I feel like I’m wasting so many resources and a lot of my time too but I still struggle to stop until I feel like everything is fine again. I spray my sanitizer spray 4 times on a paper towel and tell myself that 4 sprays + 1 paper towel is okay because at least 4x1 =4 and 4+1 =5 but it really just drives me mad but because 4-1 =3 I have to combat that with wiping an adequate amount of times.
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Tw: piss Is it just me or do other people have this? I first of all have a pretty small bladder so I already have to go more often. I also over hydrate because I cannot stand chapped lips/dry throat. But it's starting to be a really problem because I will go and then when I'm done I will suddenly think "what if I didn't get all of it out?" And then it will SERIOUSLY feel like I have to piss again. This happens ALL THE TIME I go like at least once an hour. Even if I just get the slightest feeling I have to piss I go immediately because I'm so paranoid I'm gonna piss myself. And I cannot stand the feeling of having to go even for a little bit. I'm starting to think maybe I'm manifesting the feeling of having to go. But that's crazy because it feels so real.
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