i will hold until i cant anymore...give me stomach aches and everything and if i must i put toliet paper everywhere or dont sit at all

i have pretty bad germophobia. and horrible ocd. i've washed my hands to the point where they were raw and bloody. it wouldnt be too bad normally, other than doors and stuff, but some people at school found out, and now i have to deal with people constantly spitting on me, sneezing on me, etc. its getting worse, too. everything's been getting worse lately.

omg thats horriblee im sooo sorryyy!!! i told people that if it gets to the point were i wash my hands raw then ill get help

does anyone know any shows on ocd?...i watch obbsessed on a&e. ever sicne i was diagnosed, u lm interested in learning more about it, the types

There's a new one on VH1 called the OCD Project, it's on Thursday nites

I feel ya. I can use the bathroom at home only because my boyfriend and I have separate ones. The shower makes me nervous, i turn the water on and off with my foot. I also turn the sink faucet, light switches and open drawers with my foot. I have to wear socks because I convinced myself that there is E.coli all over the ground outside after I watched this show where they talked about it. I've washed my hands raw, where the soap stung so bad but I just kept going and used the hottest water possible. In the winter it's worse because they crack and bleed.

This might make you laugh though...I once ate way too much pizza and garlic bread (during better times, obviously) and had serious...ahem...gas pains the next day at work. I'm talking bad to the point where it hurt to stand up straight, sharp, shooting pains. I refused to use the bathroom at work so I stuck it out all day and by teh time I got home I was seriously afraid something was going to rupture:P Not really funny, but at the same time, pretty funny, at least once I got home:)

yea i walk with sock on at home...i flick things wen i have to turn them on...yea i heard of that show...im gonna watch it. yea i refuse to go at school. my therapist thinks i have ibs but when i get nervous i get so sick and so i was in school with explosive u know and wouldnt go to the bathroom..ofcourse i had too and covered the toliet with toliet paper i almost clogged the whole system lol

anyone else?

I have contamination OCD too, and its pretty bad, a lot better than it used to be tho. I used to not be able to touch almost everything in our house, and i would wash my hands till they bled and i couldn't move them. I still can't use bathrooms other than 1 in our house. I also can't walk on the ground outside except in our yard cause I think the ground is dirty.

Though I don't consider myself as having a lot of contamination issues, I will concede that there are a few. I don't like putting my hands in dishwater without gloves. I don't like to use the bathroom away from home. Cleaning my own bathrooms grosses me out and I can't seem to get in bed without brushing the dust off my feet. Otherwise I feel unclean. But I'm pretty good about exposing myself to all of those things including the cleaning of bathrooms and washing dishes without gloves. Except that I do let myself brush my feet off. Really, I just HAVE to get sleep and I won't if I'm thinking about my feet all night.

And Kadiaa... OMG! People SPIT on you? Have you told the principal or anyone. Yeah, I know. Like that would do any good. I think I'd haul off and hit someone! I'm so sorry you're dealing with that!!

has anyone ever done exposer therapy?? how was it?

I'm doing exposure therapy right now, and its working pretty good. I'm getting a lot better. It's hard, but if you start with the smaller stuff its not as bad. Then after a while it starts getting a bit easier. But if your OCD is pretty severe, you'll probably need medication to do the therapy. I couldn't have done it without medication.

yeah you should definately watch The OCD Project on VH1. it captures OCD so perfectly, and it really makes you feel like you aren't the only one out there. there are six patients on the show, and i think you would relate most to kristen, who i think i having the hardest time out of all of them battling her OCD because she is a compulsive washer as well, and has almost left the show on more than one occasion. i, fortunately, do not have a washing obsession, but i definately feel for you. good luck!

wat kin dof obession do u have beth? i like watching stuff like that cuz i feel like im not all alone. yea i was watching a commercial for obsessed --this show a bout ocd and the lady had to touch a garbage and touch her mouth..i DO NOT think i could ever do that!! i wud die

i was watching the ocd prject..and its making me scared....i dont wanna be a prisoner anymore but i dont wanna get better in a scary way..like the wy the doc made them do iit