phil06
12-03-12, 13:37
I've had this a while I throw food away, clothes, electrical things, drinks..list goes on.
I fear it being poisoned, smelling clothes is a big one I have the usual fears of dirt/mud/urine if any drops get near my clothes I'd have to bin them.
I'm not sure what I can do to fix this. How would therapy deal with it? Is it a case of not throwing away? throwing away less?
At the moment I'm at the stage I'm throwing away things which are not cheap and I can't afford to replace them but due to my OCD I can't use them again for the fear. I feel really ashamed about this. :blush:
Will give an example last week i got a bottle of cola from the shop it was dated April next month so I only drunk about 1/4 of the bottle but I still feared I was ill and got a sore stomach for a few hours in worry until it passed and I beat myself up in my head for actually drinking it. I thew most of the bottle away but I still had anxiety. If I binned it without drinking I'd have felt guilty and there wasn't another shop I could go to near by so I forced myself to try it but still couldn't get over the fear.
I fear it being poisoned, smelling clothes is a big one I have the usual fears of dirt/mud/urine if any drops get near my clothes I'd have to bin them.
I'm not sure what I can do to fix this. How would therapy deal with it? Is it a case of not throwing away? throwing away less?
At the moment I'm at the stage I'm throwing away things which are not cheap and I can't afford to replace them but due to my OCD I can't use them again for the fear. I feel really ashamed about this. :blush:
Will give an example last week i got a bottle of cola from the shop it was dated April next month so I only drunk about 1/4 of the bottle but I still feared I was ill and got a sore stomach for a few hours in worry until it passed and I beat myself up in my head for actually drinking it. I thew most of the bottle away but I still had anxiety. If I binned it without drinking I'd have felt guilty and there wasn't another shop I could go to near by so I forced myself to try it but still couldn't get over the fear.