Chelsie Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Had a good day yesterday. Staying with family and coped with many times when things were placed on the floor and my contamination OCD went mad. Woken up this morning and anxiety is bad. Laying in bed with feet sweating and heart pounding. Feel I have brought contamination into my mum's house from my shoes and a carrier bag that I contaminated by an incident at a supermarket last week. Don't know how to get through today. Link to comment
taurean Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Contamination OCD is an exaggeration. You get a message in neon lights that there is a threat to you and/or others, and it seems real, seems rational, seems necessary to take action. Believing it seems easy, the message is coming through the normal channels in the brain. But you have to recognise it is OCD, an exaggeration, and put that in perspective. Presumably your Mum is aware of your OCD fears, and will give you some support. Link to comment
Chelsie Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Thanks taurean - my OCD brain recognises I am exaggerating the risk but still there is a risk there and so not to act and to put myself and those I love in danger feels wrong. Laying in bed still and planning how I can throw away carrier bag and its contents without contaminating anything else. Link to comment
Chelsie Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Any advice? Sorry to sound pathetic Link to comment
taurean Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I don't have contamination OCD. What do you think I would do? Answer that and you have your answer. Link to comment
changemynametosomething Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Taurean, that last post was a masterpiece:) (That sounded ironic, it wasent) Edited December 26, 2016 by ocdishell Link to comment
Chelsie Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Thanks - hard to hear but what I needed to be told Link to comment
taurean Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Bless you both, now go and enjoy your boxing day! Link to comment
changemynametosomething Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I had to google "what is boxing day, and why does english people call it that?" ? Link to comment
taurean Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 So now you know. A tradition to give goodie bags to Estate workers in country houses as a thanks for their work, I believe. Link to comment
Chelsie Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Haven't thrown bag but not used things in it either - it has my makeup in so I am scary to look at Link to comment
PolarBear Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 You need to push past the anxiety, accept that your bag may be contaminated and use it anyway. You are making matters so much worse by avoiding the bag. It's a compulsion and compulsions dint make things better. Link to comment
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