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- 3y ago
- Date posted
- 3y ago
You’re seeking for reassurance, do something to distract yourself and deal with the uncomfortable feeling. Best of wishes! <4
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- 3y ago
I usually don’t ask for help but I just want someone to tell me I’m fine, I just need to be able to get on with my uni work but I can’t stop thinking about it . I googled it and apparently tiny amounts can give me salmonella and I have emetophobia
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Idk if this will help you but my OCD often revolves around germs and COVID-19, to the point where it can be like I “feel” germs all over the house. If I’m spiraling and need to pull myself together fast, it’s all about distraction. I may do a grounding technique or quick meditation. Something to help me forget what I was worried about just long enough for the anxiety to pass. When I have had more time I actually use the app to do ERP. Not going to lie … that’s resulted in me crying and freaking out in the beginning, but also helped me face some fears and demons so I generally can handle the thought of germs in the house waaaaay better now. If I cleaned like a normal person I know I don’t have to freak out or keep checking/cleaning!
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- Date posted
- 3y ago
maybe just focus on the fact that you probably will be ok 👌 and then if you focus on it you might forget about your worries
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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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- 17w ago
I’m really struggling right now. My mind is racing and I’m panicking about the content that I watched in the past because I don’t have a way to ‘prove’ that it was safe and consensual. I stupidly caved in and googled “what happens if an accidentally saw illegal porn” and I ended up making my anxiety so much worse. What if the images I saw in the past had underage people in them? Am I going to jail? Will my ip address be tracked? My brain is making all sorts of scenarios up and they feel so real. At this point I don’t know if I’m a bad person or not, I just feel like something terrible is about to happen. Although I know I’d never intentionally look for that kind of stuff there’s still a chance that I could have seen things without realising, and I actually don’t know what to do. I’m in total panic mode
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- Date posted
- 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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