brainchild

Hey,

I totally understand what you are going through, one of my major ocd's is about fear of contamination and spreading of disease and at some points it can completely take over my life and have a knock on effect which causes me more ocd worries!! sometimes its not so bad and i can bear it but i would say for the last 6 months it has probably been the worst it has ever been and i really really hope it will get better again and this is just a bad phase!!

I also completely understand when you say about worrying about things in the media- i do the same thing and pick up on and obsess about whatever things that are pushed in my face the most by looking at the news etc then they are the things i will worry about, especally if they suit my stupid ocd!! i convince myself i have these diseases or problems, or dwell over incidents where i could of got them, its weird cos although i totally convince myself that i DEFINITELY have this disease i will still worry about catching it!! totally crazy sounding i know!! and then i worry about passing it on ad basically it goes round and round in a cycle!! :-s

I know that there are plenty of people on these boards all wit totally different forms of ocd, some i understand as if it was me typing those words, other peoples situations i dont understand but others do, but it is a really good place cos its so reassuring to have contact with other people who understand how you feel and are going through similar, if not EXACTLY the same thing, and it helps to make you realise that this IS just ocd!

So i hope you get lots of help and support here when you are feeling bad cos i know i have and many others too!!

Laura x