My therapist told me to eat 4-day-old pizza (and it worked)

Rima Parikh used to be terrified of leftovers — even if they’d only been in the fridge for a couple of days and smelled totally fine. OCD convinced her that rice could secretly be dangerous, that the fridge might not actually work, and that one article saying “maybe don’t eat it” was enough to justify skipping dinner.

In this talk, she shares what it was like doing ERP therapy — from being told to eat 4-day-old Domino’s pizza to finally facing the ultimate fear: runny eggs. It’s funny, it’s raw, and if you’ve ever second-guessed eating leftovers because of contamination OCD, you’ll feel seen.

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Rima shared how OCD used to make her spiral over totally normal food — rice or a runny egg — and how ERP therapy helped her face it. What’s the one food you can’t bring yourself to eat, even when it “seems fine”?

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Food poisoning messed me up so bad, thanks for sharing