Incii
25-05-05, 13:23
Hi everyone,
i was looking through some posts and realised i'm not alone with my errr strange habbits/obsesions.
I have suffered panic attacks and anxiety for abt 15 years.
Years ago they were much worse than they are now, i have learned over the years to deal with them/cope with them, they are still there and do bother me but i do know now what they are and so they frighten me less than they did.
BUT about 6 years ago i started to develop OCD, i don't know what triggered it other than the anxiety/phobia etc.
I have some very strange obbsesions though and wondered if anyone else has them? i find coping with everyday things so difficult, my main phobia for years has been Emitaphobia (vomiting) so i'm assuming all the OCD with germs etc stems from that, i am constantly washing my hands, i'd say at least 50 to 60 times a day, not too good on the old skin let me tell ya.
If i make even the most simple of foods i become obsessed that it will get contaminated, even making a sandwich can take me 20 mins washing my hands over and over washing the work top chopping board oh my god , cooking dinner i'm washing my hands constantly and useing endless rolls of kitchen towels.......my diet is very limited because i will only eat safe foods, toast mainly and chips, not exactly healthy, if i cook potato i boil them for so long they end up looking like some dredful mess i'm getting so ill from not eating properly and wondered if anyone else has this problem and might be able to share some helpful tips or advise, i don't want to live like this i didn't realise how bad i was until recently i thought about spaying my mouth with detox ( i didnt do it of course) but i am so desperate to avoid germs, i have recently been to see a phychiatrist who has said the ocd is severly affecting my quality of life (tell me something i don't know) and i am now waiting for some treatment with him, in the meantime although i do manage my panic well these days the germ fear is getting me down and making me very depressed.
Any help would be a godsend :o)
Thanks for listening it means alot
Sharon xxxxx
i was looking through some posts and realised i'm not alone with my errr strange habbits/obsesions.
I have suffered panic attacks and anxiety for abt 15 years.
Years ago they were much worse than they are now, i have learned over the years to deal with them/cope with them, they are still there and do bother me but i do know now what they are and so they frighten me less than they did.
BUT about 6 years ago i started to develop OCD, i don't know what triggered it other than the anxiety/phobia etc.
I have some very strange obbsesions though and wondered if anyone else has them? i find coping with everyday things so difficult, my main phobia for years has been Emitaphobia (vomiting) so i'm assuming all the OCD with germs etc stems from that, i am constantly washing my hands, i'd say at least 50 to 60 times a day, not too good on the old skin let me tell ya.
If i make even the most simple of foods i become obsessed that it will get contaminated, even making a sandwich can take me 20 mins washing my hands over and over washing the work top chopping board oh my god , cooking dinner i'm washing my hands constantly and useing endless rolls of kitchen towels.......my diet is very limited because i will only eat safe foods, toast mainly and chips, not exactly healthy, if i cook potato i boil them for so long they end up looking like some dredful mess i'm getting so ill from not eating properly and wondered if anyone else has this problem and might be able to share some helpful tips or advise, i don't want to live like this i didn't realise how bad i was until recently i thought about spaying my mouth with detox ( i didnt do it of course) but i am so desperate to avoid germs, i have recently been to see a phychiatrist who has said the ocd is severly affecting my quality of life (tell me something i don't know) and i am now waiting for some treatment with him, in the meantime although i do manage my panic well these days the germ fear is getting me down and making me very depressed.
Any help would be a godsend :o)
Thanks for listening it means alot
Sharon xxxxx