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Lifesavers for my contamination OCD

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I've shown signs of OCD all my life but only in the past year or two have I really been suffering with it so here are some things that I've helped me handle and deal with some of the issues that OCD comes with:

  • Antibacterial Hand Cream!! This is my absolute lifesaver!! Obviously OCD comes along with wanting to sanitize and clean your hands or part of your body and a lot of the time when you do this with water and soap or normal antibacterial sanitizer you will end up with rashes or dry skin which can be really sore and hurtful and also can lead to infection, so antibacterial hand cream is so much better because not only can you use it as much as you want but it won't cause you to have dry skin if anything it will stop dry skin. The brand I recommend to get it from is Vaseline because it's quick drying and if you apply it multiple times it doesn't create this sticky sort of texture it just acts like sanitizer. Yes in the beginning you may feel awkward having cream on your hands all the time but it is so much better than having sore skin.
  • Fidgets, people say that fidgets and manly for people with overwhelming issues or struggles with concentration but people forget that that can also be OCD as well and when you're really in your head and you really need to come back into living in real life and not in your mind then having a fidget is really helpful because you are focusing more on playing with the fidget and a more living outside of your mind then listening to the thoughts are inside of your mind. Personally over this keyboard like fidgets where you can tough the buttons and they make noises but some people like pop its or just simple stress balls.
  • Cleaning sprays that are used with water-based or natural ingredients, I found that the more chemical that the spray is really irritates my mind because just the smell of reminding me that I have cleaned something is reminding me that I wanted to clean something in there for my OCD is still in my mind and also chemical sprays are so much more harmful for your loans and the amount of times I used to use them definitely has probably taken at toll on my lungs. So anything natural or water base is probably better or just finding a certain scent that is not as chemical and is more relaxed so that your mind isn't always focusing on it.
  • So this one isn't really an object or something to buy but it's just a bit of advice I used to hoard so much which is really strange to say that I'd never really wanted to hoard but after my contamination OCD I kind of made my life a bit more minimalistic but I still have my objects that I really do hold on to and my room still feels like my room but just cleaning up the space around me makes me have such an open mind and feel so much more comfortable also it's comforting to know that there is less objects that could potentially get contaminated in my mind so if they do then it's easy to clean up but obviously having more space means that there is less of a chance of them getting contaminated in my mind. Sorry if there's any spelling mistakes in this I was talking into my mic and it was writing out for me haha

Posted Nov 10, 2025, 12:05 PM UTC

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