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i think i have ocd

i met the friendliest cat on my walk today and i couldn't resist giving it a couple pets before i kept going. at first i thought it was stalking my dog which was funny af but eventually i realized it was inching closer for attention 😭 it stretched its little kitty paw at me and was so mf cute, like how could i say no to that

anyway i'm convinced it gave me rabies lol. i know rationally it didn't. it didn't bite or scratch, just rubbed its face/lips on my hand the way cats do while it purred. i got home and washed hands five times in super hot water and washed my face once and cloroxed my glasses. it had a chip in its ear so if it was fixed recently maybe it was vaccinated? and the house it came from had a food bowl so i bet the girl i saw go inside feeds and interacts with it often. it's not a rabid animal 😩

but the intrusive thoughts are like yeah it is. it's friendly bc it's rabid and it got spit on your hand and you touched your eye when you fixed your glasses

i worry about rabies so much it's ridiculous. but usually my intrusive thoughts are more like... i have to check to make sure the doors are closed when i leave the house and the animals are seperated. and i get up to check over and over and over again and end up late getting someone from the airport 😬 i take pictures of the closed doors but then i'm worried after i take the picture i opened the doors.

luckily that hasn't been so bad since i started prozac for depression, but it also happens to treat ocd

short af video but here's kitty <3

(tell me theyre not rabid)

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Nightwings · F
Can you talk with a therapist about it? The thing about OCD is that it gets worse everytime you give into your impulses. I don't have OCD but I sometimes get into spirals of intrusive thoughts, during which I start believing irrational things too, for example that a thought about my health will manifest if I keep thinking it. I know it's irrational, so I understand how you felt about the cat too. Whenever I get a negative thought, I whisper "7-9-13" to myself, and when it's bad I do it three times in a row to make sure it worked. 😅 The difference is that I manage to get myself out of these spirals too – at least to a large extend – but it can be incredibly difficult; I find that I have to alter my personality and become a person who doesn't fear death, just in order to break the pattern. Lately I was able to stop myself from whispering my silly numbers, but I still do it from time to time, especially if the intrusive thought was about someone else (then I feel like I can't run the risk). If you wanted to, you could start by giving up taking pictures of the doors, but I don't know how hard that would be for you. If I was you I would definitely take it seriously because it can potentially get to a point where it takes up your whole life. I only understand it to some degree myself, but I think therapy treatment can be effective if the therapist specializes in anxiety disorders.
Frostcloud · F
@Nightwings it's something i'd definitely like to go to therapy for in the future!! i appreciate you sharing your experience
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Frostcloud · F
@Stereoguy i'll go that route in the future and i'll bring it a cat treat in case we cross paths again 🙂‍↕
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