OCD on Sidechat | I have really bad contamination ocd and I also live in a dorm. I’ve had a really hard time when I comes to sharing bathrooms and over the past 6 months I’ve bought over 7 bottles of hand sanitizer. I also have extreme emetiphobia. Any advice?

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I have really bad contamination ocd and I also live in a dorm. I’ve had a really hard time when I comes to sharing bathrooms and over the past 6 months I’ve bought over 7 bottles of hand sanitizer. I also have extreme emetiphobia. Any advice?

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Anonymous 4w

headphones and idk abt the other bc my hands are chapped from washing

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Anonymous 4w

You should be able to get an accommodation for having an in-room bathroom if you can provide proof of diagnosis

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Anonymous 2d

this was me for yearsss and i thought i was gonna die living in shared spaces but honestly it was kind of exposure therapy in itself. it also helped me develop new ways of coping but lmk if u wanna chat abt ur experience

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