Hi everyone - I have severe Pure-O OCD, so I don't have a lot of hand-washing or physical rituals.
Still this OCD bothers me a lot in my life.
Living with my Grandparents, my Grandpa is diabetic and he always tends to do his finger-prick tests without a band-aid at all. He claims his blood stops after a minute or two after his finger prick tests.
However a few days ago - he did his daily prick test and after a few minutes saw an acne blister on my face, and he went to touch and examine it. Immediately, my OCD flared up on whether he could transmit Hepatitis/AIDS/or anything to me via my acne blister (which was leaking pus) and his finger-pricked hand.
He of course claims he doesn't have anything other than diabetes, but he is not exactly medically inclined to examine his own medical problems as much as mine... Is this really a valid concern - or is this an OCD?
OCD makes me so unsure of these types of things... I'm only 13 after all...
Still this OCD bothers me a lot in my life.
Living with my Grandparents, my Grandpa is diabetic and he always tends to do his finger-prick tests without a band-aid at all. He claims his blood stops after a minute or two after his finger prick tests.
However a few days ago - he did his daily prick test and after a few minutes saw an acne blister on my face, and he went to touch and examine it. Immediately, my OCD flared up on whether he could transmit Hepatitis/AIDS/or anything to me via my acne blister (which was leaking pus) and his finger-pricked hand.
He of course claims he doesn't have anything other than diabetes, but he is not exactly medically inclined to examine his own medical problems as much as mine... Is this really a valid concern - or is this an OCD?
OCD makes me so unsure of these types of things... I'm only 13 after all...