E-Paper
What is emotional contamination OCD? Signs to know
This type of OCD is categorised by the fear of getting contaminated after coming in contact with a person or an object or a place.
1 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD, is a disorder in which people have recurring behavioural patterns, obsessive thoughts and the urge to perform repetitions. Emotional contamination OCD refers to a sub-type of OCD where a person feels that coming in contact with a certain place or object or person will make them contaminated. Therapist Maythal Eshaghian noted down a few signs of Emotional Contamination OCD.(Unsplash)
2 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
In this disorder, the person often starts to engage in ritualistic behavioural patterns as a way of cleansing them after feeling contaminated. (Unsplash)
3 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
The sufferers also believe that certain thoughts and actions can lead to possible harm for themselves as well as others. (Unsplash)
4 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
They believe that coming in contact with others can make them derive the negative traits of personalities from them. (Unsplash)
5 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
They also try to stay away from certain geographical locations, such as cemeteries, as they believe that they will get contaminated. (Unsplash)
6 / 6
View Photos in a new improved layout
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:24 pm IST
