Contamination
Hey just wondering if anyone had any advice!
I’m really struggling with my ocd at the moment having my little boy has really ramped it up! I struggling with everyday day life with germs my skin is the worst it’s ever been because of washing everywhere constantly (hands and arms mainly!) I’m struggling with the housework because I’m scared my little boy will pick up germs so I’m out the house all day everyday and now my relationship is struggling because he’s the opposite of me and doesn’t care about germs and wonders why I can’t do certain stuff it’s sounds so stupid when you write it down but it literally takes my whole life up with anxiety I just want a nice tidy clean home we can relax in but these intrusive thoughts about germs and getting I’ll are getting the better of me I hope someone can understand no judgment please I judge myself enough
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Thankyou for sharing that I will try to keep that in mind and I hope you get sorted to xxx
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Hey! I have intrusive thoughts. I’m a microbiologist, I have a job in germs and mold. Though I quit when I had my daughter. When I first had her and for three long months I had a raging cold sore everyday. I was insane with keeping everything clean and not letting her touch my face. I would wake up in the middle of the night and germ-x my hands and her hands because I thought she touched me. It got to the point of drying my hands out SO bad. Long story short she never got sick. I no longer have cold sores. BUT I came here to talk about the babies immune system. I went to school for this stuff so I’d say I know a good bit. The immune system starts working more 4-6 months. At that point we should start allowing baby to have more germ access, just the normal stuff. If baby never has any then the body will think it’s evil and create allergies that weren’t originally there. Also I still have TONS of intrusive thoughts, mine aren’t about germs mostly though I still get them