Emotional contamination OCD - How to do treatment

Emotional contamination is where sufferer fears that contact with a person or place will somehow contaminate and endanger them.
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[ocdandanxiety]

What do you think of the word "MOIST"? 😉

[valeriethacker]

Our daughter’s emotional contamination OCD links to her core fear of loss of essence/self, and therapists are a huge trigger for her because her brain says they are trying to change her, and she will lose herself. As you can imagine, it makes treatment really tough!

[vzszz]

ughh this and 'magical thinking' ocd are so difficult to try and explain and tackle for me because of how abstract they are. Thank you so much for making these videos!

[Jesusandmentalhealth]

You get OCD well. You've been a blessing and an encouragement to me. Thank you!!

[GregoryCampbellSwag]

Can you do a video on this type of OCD - where you are anxious about having anxiety because you know how bad anxiety is for your health. For example, you will avoid people who cause you anxiety/stress because you're afraid you're going to get stressed and it will raise your blood pressure.

[Erinnestatic]

Wow, i never even knew this was something widely experienced by others with OCD. This is a daily struggle for me, especially relating to food & body image. One wrong move and the whole week feels ruined for me. Very frustrating. Thank you for bringing light to this subject and talking about it!

[manhalrahman]

The subtitles addition is really good. I wish it continues

[blumythefool]

I had this with my religious OCD; left my friends because i thought if i stayed with them i will become sinful, but now im on good terms with them

[cesaravila]

Oh my GOD, you really hit the nail on the head on what I was struggling inside with, back in 10th grade, about 13 years ago. I had no way to word it, and I don't think I was ever able to put it in any sort of words that somebody who I tried to vent could understand at the time. I sincerely struggled so bad with this, along with the regular, physical kind of OCD, that it really affected my performance in High School, which I ended up barely graduating by the end of Senior year. For the longest time, I considered those late High School years as what "ruined my life". I do know at the very least now, that those years definitely tilted where I ended up going in life afterwards, but nowadays I try not to dwell on what could've been if the OCD never manifested. I do truly wish I had been able to find a video like this, or been able to find someone put these emotions and obsessions into words so I could've explained them better and maybe I could've found help in time before everything got... ruined? I do hope this video does help others who might be struggling with a similar situation. Truly appreciate the video.

[AnP]

Thanks for covering this. It's much more niche and subtle. Kind of like the plateau after the more sensational topics are dealt with.

[Mint-ntly]

It's so informative. I would never suspect these thoughts aren't true. Thank you

[samichemais]

Sir you helped identify my subtype of OCD and I'm very grateful because I was never sure about my diagnosis since I couldn't find anyone with this subtype. I've felt very alone before watching this video. God bless you and your family 🤍

[heidighomi]

You speak my heart, this is exactly what I am struggling with every breath of my life. Thank you.

[Chaos]

Thanks for the video! It's always great to know thag you're not the only one with this problem. The biggest challenge for me and for a lot of other people I assume is not being able to tolerate discomfort. I understand that I need to accept all of my ruminations, obsessions and so on but I just can't ignore them for long. Can't accept the fact that I'll have to live with this trash in my head.

[liliaghr]

Thank you for putting a word on what I struggle with 🙏🏻 it's so horrible

[chriscameron]

ive had OCD for about 10 years and my heart goes out to anyone struggling with intrusive thoughts I have them myself, and I am reaching out to the YouTube community for fellowship and friendship with others who share my pain. please, I welcome anyone to reply to this comment and reach out to me thanks and have a good day :)

[zongi]

Thank you so much for I really needed to see this right now. It's incredible to see that what i've been struggling with for years is actually so common that there's a phrase for it and other people feel the same! I am so very grateful❤
This is definitely what makes up most of my compulsions, I have developed several little phrases and rituals for this very specific feeling (sometimes my walks to school would just completely be taken up by repeating these phrases in my head, understandably it took away a lot of my free time for other thoughts and was really, really annoying) and it's really tough, but knowing that i'm not alone helps immensely. To anyone out there experiencing this, i'm with you and we got this!!! I'm wishing you clarity and peace in your thoughts❤

PS: If you're the kind of person who likes listening to songs that put their struggles into words and if that helps you, I definitely recommend "The Hype" by twenty one pilots, the lyrics really resonate with my experiences and may do so with yours. The song inspires me to be brave and go out there despite compulsions, and to trust people and dare to rely on the ones i love and who love me, because even though we struggle, we may struggle at least a little less together. Also it has a very nice melody :D

[soumyadeepdutta]

This channel is gold
I just found my current subtype
Like if someone is immoral in any tv show or something, watching them will make me immoral.

[BBb]

Omg you CRACK ME UP!!! Lmao. “Wow look at all this poor grammar in his posts, that is wonderful, I hope that’s me some day, maybe maybe not, yeah maybe I’ll be dumb.” This is so perfect you’re heaven sent thank you Omg so many breakthroughs

[clareart]

it's so true i respect the fact that you always talk about different types and cases of ocd i get triggered by a thought and a sound like someone's voice