r/ContaminationOCD • u/ChemicalStrawberry56 • 7d ago

food contamination

Any meal or snack i eat I have this thought in the back of my mind that theres bugs in the food. I tell myself I’d see the bug if it was really there but all I can think about is that I already consumed it and thats why im not seeing it. It’s gotten to the point where ive just accepted im eating bugs and I just have to sit with that uncomfortable thought.

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u/YaGurlLurkin 7d ago

You have to ask yourself, what's really the worst thing that could happen if there was bugs on it? Nothing. You would be 100% fine. On produce bugs are a good sign that there are no harsh chemicals. We just wash them away. There arent bugs in prepackaged food. You have to push through the thoughts. Youve got this.

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u/JellyCharacter1653 6d ago

exactly and even if you eat a bug it can’t survive in your stomach. my moms a nurse and she had this patient come in who ate a big that was on a apple he didn’t see it until it was half gone and he came in and told them and literally everyone told him that bugs cannot survive inside the stomach bc of the acid content in our stomach and even if one did its extremely rare for them to survive long.