I know what you are talking about.I havent called them, but I do tell my bf something might be contaminated. He knows me by now.

I experienced that a lot when I was nannying for two little kids--from infancy through toddlerhood. When they were really young, I was always afraid I wasn't cleaning out their bottles right and they'd get sick or something--the obsessive worries moved to food when they started eating solids. It wore me out...

I can relate to this, especially if cooking eggs or meat. I worry about salmonella or e coli poisoning. I get really hyper vigilant over things.

The truth is now, my family is mostly vegetarian(save for me) and I don't cook often so this doesn't come up much.

I am always scared of contaminating someone with food. that is why i take extra care to wipe down counters, and rewash knives and all that stuff. I know what you mean. I have not called anyone the next day, but certainly have struggled with thoughts like that.

Thanks to all of you for the come back info. I thought i was the only one with this crazy problem. I still worry about food even though it is not so much now that i take prozac. Thanks again all.

I would like to make a general comment: OCD can attack any thought. It's not the obsession/compulsion that's important really. It doesn't matter if you have contamination fears, sexual obsessions, violent obsessions, symmetry issues etc. In fact, over time you might get a handle on one area and the disease will attack some other area.

So even if you are the only one with a certain obsession(which is usually unlikely) it doesn't make you worse or better than someone else with OCD. It's your OCD that's actually obsessing over the obsession(becomes a secondary obsession of sorts).

What is important is to learn how to recognize which thoughts are OCD and how to attack the disorder both cognitively(read book Brain Lock) and behaviorally(exposure/response treatment).

...ocd encompasses so many things b/c it is merely a thinking proces .U can obsess on anyhting.is the thought process. i think wolverine has a good point .No mAtter what obsession comes ,its all spurred by the obsessive process in the mind.Not to be analyzed for truth or meaning ,etc.When u have this obsessive mind process it can attach to anything tho it almost always atttaches to the things that are the most important to you.

and looks like maybe i was a bit obsessed with "process" :)