laurenmk
15-10-15, 22:23
Let me preface this post by saying that I am embarrassed / not proud to be posting this, but our fears are what they are I suppose.
I was walking down a busy street and someone coming from behind sideswept/bumped into me as he passed me. I glanced, as you do, and my perception was that he was homeless. I immediately felt a sense of panic. I told myself, "You might be jumping to conclusions just because he looks disheveled. Don't be judgmental." Well, just another 100 yards or so up the street, he stopped by a food stand, pulled out a cup, and started asking people in line for money.
The thoughts that started going through my mind were of disease, lice, bed bugs, parasitic infection, etc. I immediately took off my clothes upon arriving home and threw them in the wash. I took a shower. I put on my relaxing playlist. It's not working. I'm just spinning with worry over what I might have caught.
Like always, there's a part of me that knows I'm being irrational, but I'm still spinning with worry.
Please help talk me down!
I was walking down a busy street and someone coming from behind sideswept/bumped into me as he passed me. I glanced, as you do, and my perception was that he was homeless. I immediately felt a sense of panic. I told myself, "You might be jumping to conclusions just because he looks disheveled. Don't be judgmental." Well, just another 100 yards or so up the street, he stopped by a food stand, pulled out a cup, and started asking people in line for money.
The thoughts that started going through my mind were of disease, lice, bed bugs, parasitic infection, etc. I immediately took off my clothes upon arriving home and threw them in the wash. I took a shower. I put on my relaxing playlist. It's not working. I'm just spinning with worry over what I might have caught.
Like always, there's a part of me that knows I'm being irrational, but I'm still spinning with worry.
Please help talk me down!