How many Forms of OCD do the public not know about?

Since my blog is mainly being open about my form of OCD as it is one of the more rarer taboo forms of OCD i decided to make a list of other rare forms of OCD that i personally know of

I will do one post all about 1 specific less talked about OCD each day in a new post so keep checking :) if i miss any out that people feel should be added please follow me on Twitter and let me know credit to OCDUK as most of the sources on this site have come from them.

Mental Contamination

In addition to the more familiar type of contamination, that is commonly perceived to be the stereo-typical image of OCD, involving someone that washes their hands repeatedly after coming into contact with potentially dirty objects or environments, there is also a less obvious form called 'mental contamination'.

The feelings of mental contamination share some qualities with contact contamination but have some distinctive features. Feelings of mental contamination can be evoked by times when a person perhaps felt badly treated, physically or mentally, through critical or verbally abusive remarks. It is almost as if they are made to feel like dirt, which creates a feeling of internal uncleanliness — even in the absence of any physical contact with a dangerous/dirty object. A distinctive feature of mental contamination is that the source is almost always human, unlike the contact contamination that is caused by physical contact with inanimate objects.

The person will engage in repetitive and compulsive attempts to wash the dirt away by showering and washing something you may relate to the actions some vitcims of rape may go through which is where the similarities with traditional contamination OCD return.

Example One patient, “Jenny” started feeling internally dirty after she discovered that her husband had been unfaithful and her marriage broke down. She would feel dirty and wash her hands after touching any of his possessions or speaking to him on the telephone. “Steven” also experienced severe mental contamination that was triggered by intrusive images of harming others. The source of mental contamination is not an external contaminant such as blood or dirt but human interaction. The emotional violations that can cause mental contamination include degradation, humiliation, painful criticism, and betrayal. - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2015/01/mental-contamination-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/#sthash.pHaVIl6l.dpuf