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It's more I have to shower and wash my hair or I feel I'm bringing contamination in on myself into the bedroom, I am 80% housebound and spend a lot of time in bed due to a chronic illness, so it's important I relax which is difficult when I'm anxious about contamination.

Anyone go cold turkey with contamination OCD, I know it's not recommended and exposure therapy should be gradual My biggest fear is my house becoming contaminated and especially my bedroom, but I now think my house is contaminated and wondering if I don't now try and rectify this if I should just allow everything to be contaminated and live with the anxiety. I'm just sure I'll never feel happy or relaxed in my house again but maybe it will break the cycle, I still feel my bedroom is a " safe zone " but should I let the contamination in there too and just love with it? Xx

Hi New here, I've been struggling with contamination OCD for around 7 years mostly around mould. I moved out of a mouldy house 4 years ago and am terrified of coming into contact with it since and contaminating my new home. I have a chronic illness that causes extreme exhaustion so the compulsions on top are killing me, I have been making quite a bit of progress and not letting things bother me so much outside of the house. However now my worst nightmare has happened and I have a water leakage coming into the house, I'm in major panic mode and feel this is it I will never be happy again as even when fixed I know there will be mould left behind where the water damage is and I can't do anything to fix that. I am 80% housebound so feel I will be living in a prison . the hardest part of this particular OCD is it the thing that I fear Is actually something that is harmful, there's no way of saying that it's not. the main issue I have is when I am exposed to it I get breathless and this can last for days or weeks until I feel the situation has been resolved properly. I'm terrified even when the leak is fixed the mould in the drywall/plasterboard will be there and I won't be able to breathe properly in my house ever again.