Hotel travel and contamination bed OCD, how do you guys actually deal with the bed?
I have contamination OCD, or thats what i call it. At home I have a system/ritual that works. When I follow it, I can feel peaceful. However, when i travel, it becomes much harder since the cleanliness is out of my control.
Things that are part of my sleep ritual:
After showering,
- NEVER sitting on the toilet seat, I hover, because after showering the seat is contaminated
- spray down my phone with rubbing alcohol
- my foot/leg pillow never touches my face pillow and never goes above my waist
- washing my hands a few times after touching light switches/doorknobs, etc
- put a sheet over my couch if I'm watching TV before bed, (it's a barrier between me and the couch that people sit on with outside clothes)
- I dont sit on my bed after being out or even after sitting on furniture that isn't my bed
- i sleep naked but at hotels i wear something cause the bedsheets arent clean in my mind.
After i do this ritual, i feel super safe and clean to sleep well.
I find it difficult when i travel or stay in hotels Sometimes i do meditation retreats where conditions are not very clean and thats when i realize how controlled i am by the OCD. Do any other OCD shower people out there resonate with this and how do you work it?
Curious whether other people with contamination OCD deal with this or resonate? And how do you actually work it when you travel? Thank you