Hi, I have OCD, and this is an extremely common thing for me to do. I've never posted on anything before so, I'm sorry if I come off odd.
I constantly get triggered(?) by liquids or like, substances like grease, vegetable oil, or food oils. For example, when I eat significantly oily or greasy food, like a pizza (which I rarely eat because it's greasy.) or something, if I'm eating in my room I'll feel the extreme need to not touch anything while I'm eating because I'll get the substance from the greasy food onto my bed or my room and after I'm done, I'll immediately have to wash my hands and face.
If I get the oily substance on my clothes, I'll immediately take the clothes off and wash them because if I don't I feel like it'll get on my body, and my body will get oily and feel the need to take a shower.
Does anyone else do this or know what it is?
Greasy lotions are a thing that I find hard to deal with. Anything that feels overly slimy but doesn't like evaporate or soak in fast and lingers is over stimulating and it has to be washed off or removed etc. Sunscreens are another pain in the summer for instance
I'm the same way! I can't stand lotion when it doesn't dry right away, I absolutely hate the way it feels on my hands when I try to do stuff so I just wash it off because it feels "oily".
IKR! bad craic that lol but yeah it's the same with anything like greasy food too, like I need a knife and fork for pizza sometimes too and stuff it's bad. My wife also has the same issue, I think it's fairly common that certain things can over stimulate. I've also got misophonia so I have sound issues too and light sensitivity lol so I have it bad right across the board 🤭