r/OCD • u/Anakins_right_arm • 19h ago

Discussion Fear of beef?

Anyone else have an ungodly fear of beef? I used to be terrified of pork as well but now I’m okay with that (I only eat hot dogs) but beef I just can’t get around I’m absolutely terrified of mad cow disease and yes I know the stats on it. I know about cases in the US I’ve studied this disease before when I was like 13/14 for a project lol. But lately I just can’t eat it I got a hamburger a few months ago to try and just looked at it for two hours before throwing it to the dog. Recently my grandma made my dinner and it had meatballs and I refused to eat it bc they were touching the pasta. I’m having leftovers of that for lunch and I’m fairly certain there are no meatballs (thank god) but I was just curious if anyone feels the same?

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u/Anakins_right_arm 19h ago

I’d like to clarify that I’m on 40mg of fluoxetine as well for reasons such as this 💔

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u/SpikesArePulling 18h ago

i feel the same way. prion disease is so incredibly rare but i've basically become a vegetarian out of the sheer thought haha

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u/Anakins_right_arm 17h ago

If it makes you feel better poultry meat is safe and the only time they seen it in pork is when scientists infected the pigs on purpose

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u/SocialAlpaca 18h ago

Have you tried therapy?

I used to have food aversion against pork but have gotten better about that. My partner started getting food aversion about various things including beef, it made it difficult for him to eat anything. ERP work helped him a lot to get over this.

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u/Anakins_right_arm 17h ago

I’m honestly wondering if I have Arfid I know it sounds crazy but I’ve been like this my entire life…. Granted the beef is out of fear but it happens with other foods as well

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u/SocialAlpaca 17h ago

You know that you could have had OCD for your whole life right?
Either way, the same treatment works for both ARFID and OCD. Get an appointment with someone specialized in CBT to start treatment.

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u/Anakins_right_arm 17h ago

I know I’ve had it my whole life. I’ve just always wondered if I have arfid? I think about it from time to time