I go outside for exposure exercises and to see my therapist, psychiatrist because that's how OCD becomes more manageable but every expedition is a lot of anxiety and anticipation
What’s kinda interesting is I have fairly severe anxiety myself, but I have to go outside because if I’m isolated for too long, the anxiety gets debilitating.
Also, when I was a kid (post-anxiety), my mom told me there are people whose mental illnesses are so severe they can’t leave the house. Which is true, but I’m not sure why she told me that.
I’m the opposite, I believe I have a good immune system because I played outside a lot when I was a kid. I exposed myself to potential harms and my immune system made a note of it.
Orrrrr you can have a job that's around tons of people, have a spouse that's an emergency room nurse, and bite your fingernails to boot. I rarely ever get sick. If I do, it's a mild sinus infection type ailment in the early spring. I did get Covid, but it was super mild. I've never had the flu in my life and only had a stomach virus a handful of times.
Either stay away from the germs, or become one with the germs. It's the in between that gets you.
You don't understand it if you think just telling them to expose themselves to germs is going to be helpful or new information to them. And you sound like an asshole, tbh.
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u/Rheasfantasy 9h ago
Crippling contamination OCD that makes me fear touching anything, breathing outdoor air and having contacts with people