HIV/AIDS Obsession... Is it OCD?

GrungeLion

I am a teen with anxiety. My parents call me a hypochondriac and ever since I found out what HIV/AIDS was, I have been obsessed. I am very afraid of the disease but I am fascinated by it. I look it up online constantly and I watch movies and TV shows on it too. Recently I started to think that I lived a past life as a victim of AIDS. I am into the 80s mostly because AIDS was a crisis, so sometimes when I have free time, I look up the 80s and AIDS to see what comes up. Is this OCD or just a strange obsession?

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GrungeLion

Thanks.

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lily168

If you are overly afraid of catching AIDS from non-risk or low-risk exposures I guess you might have anxiety or OCD. Check the HIV expert forum on Medhelp to get good information, as I guess a lot of stuff online can be overly conservative, the Medhelp Drs are great

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