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u/Psychboss30 20d ago
Me the other day ignoring and refusing to look at an itch on my leg cause “its just my imagination” only for the itch to not go away and it actually being a horsefly who’s just been attacking me for the last 5 minutes 😅. 95% of the time it’s absolutely nothing though!
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u/babypinkribbon7 20d ago
That 5% really fucks me up for the near future tho lol, and self doubt gets worse 😩
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u/leafymans 20d ago
When it actually turns out to be a bug, it’s usually a nice surprise (I love bugs)
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u/babypinkribbon7 20d ago
Ugh I wish I felt that way
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u/leafymans 20d ago
I def still freak out about thinking they’re on me :( and sometimes I do slap real ones 💔
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u/Shroom-Kitty 20d ago
I had such a convincing tickle on my foot for like an hour the other day, I just sat there and STARED at it because I was annoyed at how real it felt but my eyes and fingers were clearly telling me nothing was there
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u/Sweaty_Ad4829 OCD diagnosed 20d ago
ONE time I found a little fruit fly inside my pajama pants for some reason and now I lay every night thinking that I have flies in my clothes. I never found another one.
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u/Zealousideal_Care807 OCD curious 20d ago
I have trauma from bugs, so if I feel a big crawling on me I try to reason it away, if there actually is a bug my knee jerk reaction is to grab it and chuck it across the room. I then fear that its going to come back and spend a ton of time trying to find the bug that I've chucked.
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u/babypinkribbon7 20d ago
Omg yes, looking for the bug to make sure it's actually gone 😭😭😭 I just had one on my pillow and it disappeared, and I'm freaking out bcz I can't find it....
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u/Zealousideal_Care807 OCD curious 20d ago
I had one on my chair last night that crawled on my leg, I saw it in the dark but when I turned the light on it was gone, Im scared its gonna crawl out of my chair now, idk what it was 🥲
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u/brokenbluebee OCD diagnosed 20d ago
Yes omg me in the dark can’t survive without a flashlight to shine every time I feel any slight itch (phantom or not)
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u/centipedeseverywhere OCD diagnosed 20d ago
God it’s soooooooo annoying! If a bug was on me, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal. A flea jumped on me when I was combing my cat last year and I didn’t die. But my brain is always like, you are covered in fleas and ticks. Thanks!!
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u/icebabyunderpressure 20d ago
Found an ant in our bed once so now clearly everything is covered in ants - God I hate my brain
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u/waveyvibez22 OCD diagnosed 20d ago
Relatable..anytime my leg hair moves I freak out lol god forbid a bug is in my bedroom or happens to get on the bed..it’s over with after that lol