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  1. daja
    What PolarBear says. I’m sorry for your loss. I have contamination OCD but getting on a plane is not something I worry about. Best wishes.
  2. daja
    I worry about if I have to visit loved ones in hospital if they are going to have radiation therapy etc. Which makes me feel selfish. We had a lovely neighbour who had esophagus cancer. I should have visited her in hospital.
  3. daja
    Thanks for sharing Sputnik. I like the ‘how to beat fear’ story. 😊
  4. daja
    I wish I could offer you advice. I have the same problem. ☹️
  5. daja

    *anxious*

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    2. taurean

      taurean

      Indeed. I doubt your folks are sitting with a load of anxiety over this. 

      And I doubt they are careless people. 

      So what does that tell you about what your OCD is saying, as opposed to what your nearest and dearest are saying? 

      To whom should you be listening? 

    3. daja

      daja

      I hear you Roy. I need another big tidy up which will relieve some anxiety.

    4. daja

      daja

      When I spoke to my Dad about the artex he said there are only small amounts of asbestos like 0.001 whatever. He can understate things sometimes.

  6. daja
    Me too!
  7. daja
    That’s great news whitebeam 😊
  8. daja
    Now listen to some music on your CD player and enjoy! 🎧
  9. daja
    Avo, I can really relate. I would have worried about that too.
  10. daja
    Thanks both of you.
  11. daja
    Had a nice few day break in London but have a severe fear of people who have travelled here from a country that had a nuclear disaster about 8 years ago. Once they are here and washed I feel as though they are decontaminated. But they arrived direct to the hotel from the airport which I didn’t expect. My OCD has gone crackers because of this. I would love to visit their country but don’t feel I can by any stretch of the imagination. I know what you will say: do nothing, ERP, CBT, etc
  12. daja
    Stay around BelAnna. Imagine how good you will feel afterwards.
  13. daja
    I’m sorry you are feeling this way Freya. I would be lost without discussion radio like LBC or TalkRadio. In fact I leave the radio on day and night and can’t sleep without it. Most my friends are doing their own thing these days like having children. I like my own company and I think you should try and enjoy your own company too if you can.
  14. daja

    Said to myself today out loud and alone whilst walking home: “it’s just my stupid OCD”

    1. taurean

      taurean

      Hey that's OK :) (just don't turn it into a neutralising thought). 

       

    2. daja

      daja

      I wanted reassurance from the forum but realised it’s not what to do.

    3. taurean

      taurean

      Yep. The methodology is initially fine - my therapist told me to do this to take the higher road with the OCD before then refocusing away, but it's just a staging post to gentle but firm easing away which is the overall goal - it mustn't become a neutralising compulsion :)

       

  15. daja

    Got some pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Makes a good snack me thinks. Also porridge in tubs you just add hot water to. I love porridge!

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