ocd tells me food not cooked right or, cooked by someone else isn’t safe…

[kandiceclevelandParticipant]

Anyone found a way to cook without letting your ocd get you too worried about the various things you have to do to food, like boiling it for ages to make it safe?

I do that now, my food is so overcooked so much it’s horrible! And know this is not normal but afraid need to do this even with my family  so won’t get sued by anyone for serving undercooked food! And can no longer trust food hygiene in a cafe, sure they tell you that food is really well cooked but… like I used to love eating cake but my ocd tells me it’s no longer safe.. Used to love a good chip shop, now can’t bother, afraid eventually, ocd will tell me its more than food and I’ll never leave the house! I believe EVERYTHING i eat now is bad and even things like chocolate can’t be safe even if not near out of date? Anyone else got over this?

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