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OCD & Emotional Contamination: The Symptom You Don’t Know
Emotional contamination in OCD involves the fear of picking up "bad vibes" or other negative qualities from other people.That "Icky" Feeling: Let's Talk About Emotional Contamination in OCD Ever get the weird feeling that somebody’s bad mood or negative...
The Hidden Alcohol Fear: When OCD Turns Vanilla Extract into a Threat
Are Grandma's homemade chocolate chip cookies giving you a conniption fit? You might have OCD.Alcohol OCD: Conquering Fears of Accidental Ingestion & Contamination with ERP Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has long been dubbed the "doubting disease" for its...
Sticky Situations: When OCD Gets Really Personal
Let's talk about the elephant in the room (or the bedroom... or the laundry basket...). OCD loves taboo topics, and as such, it can easily infiltrate topics related to semen, sperm, vaginal secretions, and other various sexual fluids...Alright, let's dive into the...
Pure-O OCD Rituals: Starting Over, Resetting, & Undoing
Question: It's hard to describe this, but I feel like every few days I need to mentally "start over" by doing a variety of mental and behavioral rituals. I don't want to live like this, but I'm afraid that if I undergo treatment and stop my OCD rituals, I won't be the...