Contamination ocd and sick family
I guess I'll just dump this here because nobody in my life gets it, I'm a 30 yo woman that has lived with ocd since primary school, my family was never good about it and I had to suffer through it until I finally moved out a few years ago.
Last year my parents decided to move nextdoor, my sister lives far away, so now anytime my parents are sick or need support after a hospital emergency, they make me feel bad about me not being able to go inside their house.
I'm aware that "I can't, everything is contaminated" is not a normal excuse, but I really can't get myself to do it, it's the whole reason I moved out, so I could be away from all of that and have some control over my environment.
Anyway they guilt trip me about it, my mom broke her ankle and keeps complaining because my dad is to lazy to cook and take care of chores, meanwhile since my sister lives a hour away nobody expects her to help.
I guess this is just a rant, people without ocd think it's just excuses, but I would love to be able to help my mom... I just can't get near her or her house because of the cast, that came from the hospital.
I've literally been ignoring one of my eyes that suddenly stopped being able to focus because every doctor I call tells me I have to go to a hospital and I can't do that
Anyway, hope everyone is doing well with their own battles