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OCD_Guy_UK

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  • OCD Status
    Sufferer
  • Type of OCD
    Contamination primarily, but pretty much the others come and go.

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    Male
  • Location
    Cornwall, UK
  • Interests
    Keeping my head above water with OCD!

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  1. There are restrictions you can place on your card/account aren't there? Maybe put as much as you can in saving account and keep only a little in spending account? I'd bet thought here are apps to help with this.
  2. I've purchased a new ipad to replace my old ipad! That's good news in my book.
  3. The latest bane of my life. This has become my theme in 2022 and paralysed me on several occasions this year. It doesn't help that our outside shed and garage have asbestos roof and where I was working was literally asbestos everywhere. That set me off and it's been downhill ever since. Left the job. Our outside garage and shed have become past their use-by-date too, with the odd hole, and part of shed roof got whipped up in recent storm and just today we had specialist come and remove that section. He did great job and said it's low level asbestos and nothing to worry about anywhere. Try telling that to an OCD person though. I've known about the asbestos at home all my life and never had an issue with it until OCD kicked in on the theme late last year. I've worked on the shed myself over years, I used to play on the roof as a child! But now OCD is telling me it's the biggest issue in the world and I find myself avoiding places, and anything remotely grey or white on the ground anywhere. If anyone has any specific OCD and asbestos resources out there, I'd love to see them.
  4. I know the problem well. First rule is that we should not be debating this - but if we were to ... I see lots of people going around with flip-flops, especially this time of the year, and no socks. They are all picking up all sorts every day and not at all concerned or dying because of it. Also, it could have been weeks or at least days that you've had that hole and you've survived. Whereas I wouldn't walk around with any holes right now as my OCD isn't great, I used to have holes in my shoes, and bits of dirt and stones getting in all the time before OCD and I never thought anything of it.
  5. Yes, Eureka moments happen here too although sadly rarely
  6. Yes 100%. I think I've wasted 20 years of my life as it is and the rest of the life to come. This is quite normal for OCD.
  7. I numerously fantasy such scenarios. Not from an OCD perspective though but my mind races away as soon as I see any female and I've imagined all sorts of sexual things, married, and a whole life together in a split second. I'm single though so slightly different perhaps. However, there's no crime against fantasying. Sure, for you, you'd rather not fantasise. I understand. I do though know that the more you worry about fantasying, the worse it'll make you feel. It's natural to think like this about people. I'm pretty sure lots of people do the same.
  8. I've just purchased Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by David Veale and Rob Wilson. It's quite comprehensive.
  9. Highly possible. I used to be in agony performing some checking rituals. Also, I developed hard skin on my fingers and sores from checking.
  10. Debating the "problem" and thinking about it will not help. You need to distract yourself with something else and give this thought no more time. It's the only way. It will gradually dissipate over time, even if that's weeks.
  11. Olb, a lot of what you've said in previous posts resonates with me too, esp the whole 40s, stuck at home, life feels uneventful and drifting. The vast majority of the way I combat all that is through blissful ignorance: i simply don't entertain that thinking if I can help it. I just live in the moment, with no thoughts of future and past.
  12. If it's any consolation, I'm mid-40s and still at my parents home living! At least in this day and age one can defend the situation to others by saying "I can't afford to rent/buy a house" because it's a national problem and hey presto no one will batter an eyelid.
  13. Thanks to a conversation with the pharmacist, my doctor has agreed to prescribe me both Seroxat and generic paroxetine for the next prescription so that I can trial moving to pure generic gradually.
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