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[insideout25]

Hello to anyone willing to help. I've had these obsessive thoughts for about 3yrs, and no matter how many times i tell myself to stop thinking about it or you're just thinking stupid, i still can't stop. I've gotten help but all they gave me  were  pills that just seem to not work. I already felt embarrassed about going now i can't bring myself to go back to maybe get a higher dose or to even see what they can do for me. Ok so now for my thoughts ... i seem to think that i have a 100% chance everyday to somehow get pregnant. I know  it sounds silly but to me the possibility seems real.

i can't ever go to the bathroom without being cautious about everything.  The toilet seats,  bath tub,  towels, doorknob, toilet paper, anything my dad our brother use i just seem to think they are  grosss and perm is everywhere and I'm somehow going to get pregnant. I hate these thoughts but they won't go away

Im also on birth control do to irregular periods and i know exactly when I'm supposed to start my period and it hasn't came since yesterday. So now my thoughts are going crazy and i just can't stop!

Might i add, yes I'm still a virgin.

I always told myself i didn't want kids because I'm focusing on my life and that's just not in the picture for me right now. So i guess i turned that into a fear that grew to fear of sperm, fear of pregnancy, fear of everything!

I really need advice and someone to talk to.

[des900]

there is a way to stop this thought overwhelming you. instead of worrying if it make you pregnant say to that part no longer afraid of getting pregnant and just face it. after several toilet usages that ocd thought effect on you get reduced and reach to a point where you no longer bothered about it.

[JGF25]

Hi there.  If you are still battling this after three years, I feel sorry for you.  You need to go back to therapy.  Perhaps try the medication again.  It does work and I know this because I take medication.  I also know cognitive behavioral therapy works because I use it.  

Also, I will add that I have a husband and two adult boys and we share everything.  You don't get pregnant this way.  And I'm not making fun of your thinking because that is what OCD is.  We take something irrational and try to rationalize it.  We make up some crazy stuff.  The stuff we make up tends to be things that it is hard to get closure on.  

Think about all the women in the world, the men in their lives, the shared bathrooms, and the fact that women don't get pregnant this way.