Intrusive thoughts contaminate the things I am doing such as reading, gaming or going to special events. These things become ‘dirty’ and often I abandon them.
This is different to physical contamination. The worry of germs, contact with people and objects and becoming ill.
OCD to religion is like fuel to a fire. It makes it so much more intense. For me, this is one of
ocd blog Perfectionism and Starting-Over OCD This is the obsession with perfection, and starting something again if isn’t right the first time.
We can post something and have it viewed by potentially billions of people in an instant. It only makes sense that my
Mental Contamination is always threatening to ruin my experiences. And the more exciting the occasion, the more it wants to bring me
Over the years I have had a problem with time-contamination. Intrusive thoughts coming at the wrong time and subsequently ruining that day,
Do you have strange rituals when playing games that isn’t necessary for the game itself, but more to allow the mind to
As a child I loved escaping into a book. Reading OCD however made this process a lot more complicated than it should
Four is the magic number. I know why this is, and I know Number-OCD is a problem like all the others. I
It is a bitterly cold March 2008. I’m 19 and on my first visit to New York City. To say I’m excited
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