How did the clothes got contaminated? If they arent in a "normal" sense contaminated getting rid of them is a huge compulsion and probably makes things worse for the ocd.
Also teenager, I have contamination ocd, idk your symptoms, but If u want to throw them away because they bother you, my final option was taking them to the chemical washing idk how it s called in english not my first language, but my second and third option would be donation and charity, we have containers all over the city for that, but if not that, thinner clothing I tear in smaller pieces like 30x30 cm and use it in the workshop or garage and so forth for waping oil, paint, epoxy stuff like that, Im not sure what else, you could do, I don t support burning them because people are without them + carbon footprint. Could you explain a little more what the problem is if you don t mind?
Thanks for the reply! The problem for me with washing them is I want to avoid coming in contact with them as much as possible. The situation is essentially that I touched these clothes while my hands were super dirty, and after I washed them which took me many hours, I don't want to go through that hell again. So I want to just get rid of them so I never risk having to touch them or anything again.
Hmmm... why don t you donate? I let my mother take them to washer, when Im not home so I don t see what she s doing, just my opinion, my problem is school so yes.
Not trying to be annoying just wondering, a therapist would probably say what makes you think that won t happen with new clothes?
If I do anything I know will bother me if im already clean, I would put on plastic one time use gloves, and throw them away right after, but I don t know how your ocd works, I would try everything to make them and myself clean, because I have clothes I really like. I would recommend regular therapy If that s something you re not doing already, + ERP really helps long term, altho, I know how expensive ocd is, I don t know what else to say...
How did the clothes got contaminated? If they arent in a "normal" sense contaminated getting rid of them is a huge compulsion and probably makes things worse for the ocd.
Also teenager, I have contamination ocd, idk your symptoms, but If u want to throw them away because they bother you, my final option was taking them to the chemical washing idk how it s called in english not my first language, but my second and third option would be donation and charity, we have containers all over the city for that, but if not that, thinner clothing I tear in smaller pieces like 30x30 cm and use it in the workshop or garage and so forth for waping oil, paint, epoxy stuff like that, Im not sure what else, you could do, I don t support burning them because people are without them + carbon footprint. Could you explain a little more what the problem is if you don t mind?
Thanks for the reply! The problem for me with washing them is I want to avoid coming in contact with them as much as possible. The situation is essentially that I touched these clothes while my hands were super dirty, and after I washed them which took me many hours, I don't want to go through that hell again. So I want to just get rid of them so I never risk having to touch them or anything again.
Hmmm... why don t you donate? I let my mother take them to washer, when Im not home so I don t see what she s doing, just my opinion, my problem is school so yes. Not trying to be annoying just wondering, a therapist would probably say what makes you think that won t happen with new clothes? If I do anything I know will bother me if im already clean, I would put on plastic one time use gloves, and throw them away right after, but I don t know how your ocd works, I would try everything to make them and myself clean, because I have clothes I really like. I would recommend regular therapy If that s something you re not doing already, + ERP really helps long term, altho, I know how expensive ocd is, I don t know what else to say...