Busy Fool Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Hello, My main thing at the moment is walking by something or being near something I don't want to touch and thinking I've touched it. I'm not sure if this is OCD or something else. I don't know how to stop it. I have to say to myself, did you feel yourself touch it? etc. Then I ask whoever I am with, did I touch that? I'm sure it's all part of OCD but it feels so real... Link to comment
PolarBear Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 OCD. Your compulsions are to check and see if you touched the thing and asking others for reassurance. Link to comment
gloomwood Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I have this...I wasn't sure it was OCD either. I've also felt like (and this might not make sense) but if watch someone else touch something I can also feel like I've touched it Link to comment
Handy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Ghost touching I refer to it as. But consider what is the evidence there was contact? Link to comment
Busy Fool Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 17/07/2022 at 03:44, PolarBear said: OCD. Your compulsions are to check and see if you touched the thing and asking others for reassurance. Thank you. Link to comment
Busy Fool Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Handy said: Ghost touching I refer to it as. But consider what is the evidence there was contact? Thank you. That's what I'm now trying to do but it's very difficult... Link to comment
Busy Fool Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 13 hours ago, gloomwood said: I have this...I wasn't sure it was OCD either. I've also felt like (and this might not make sense) but if watch someone else touch something I can also feel like I've touched it Hi, I have that too Link to comment
gloomwood Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Busy Fool said: Hi, I have that too Omg really? I like the phrase ghost touching. It's worse in certain places like toilets or places my brain thinks are dirty. I can wash and disinfect my hands but I still feel like I've touched everything and be spreading it everywhere. Link to comment
Busy Fool Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 6 hours ago, gloomwood said: Omg really? I like the phrase ghost touching. It's worse in certain places like toilets or places my brain thinks are dirty. I can wash and disinfect my hands but I still feel like I've touched everything and be spreading it everywhere. Yes, me too. I walk by something and feel it on my skin, where I would have touched it if I really had and can't relax until I either clean it or really fight the compulsion... Link to comment
Labmum22 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I have this too! I’m sometimes trying to get to sleep and think of something I’ve seen like a discarded face mask and my ocd goes into overdrive. I’ve found laying there and the thought clears and the next day it’s forgotten. When they started I’d be up washing and washing. It does get easier Link to comment
Busy Fool Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Labmum22 said: I have this too! I’m sometimes trying to get to sleep and think of something I’ve seen like a discarded face mask and my ocd goes into overdrive. I’ve found laying there and the thought clears and the next day it’s forgotten. When they started I’d be up washing and washing. It does get easier Thank you. I have a thing about face masks too Link to comment
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