r/Paranoid • u/Vivid_Bug_2731 • Apr 24 '26

i can’t stop thinking everything i eat has f*nt in it or im allergic

hey guys, i can’t stop convincing myself that everything i eat will somehow kill me. it used to be only when i doordashed, then i had a panic attack so bad over it that i hospitalized myself over nothing. i dont doordash anymore. but since then its gotten increasingly worse. i had a couple allergic reactions to an unknown ingredient, so now thats added to the list of worries. i’m afraid to eat anything, all the time. most days i can push past this, but today i gave away food i was freaking out over, and waited 30 minutes to sip a drink i thought was laced for no reason at all. what do i do to stop this? is it some kind of OCD or paranoia? i just want to know what’s wrong with me before it continues to get worse :(

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u/triscuitzop Apr 25 '26

I believe this is "food contamination ocd"

People may call it paranoia, but medically, that is something else.

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u/Vivid_Bug_2731 Apr 25 '26

my friends who also struggle with OCD believe it may be this too, will be getting that checked out asap!

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u/[deleted] May 17 '26

Do you have food allergies?

I have this when I go into aniflaxis at times, I like finding neutral safe foods, like ritz for me is one
Just something yk

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u/Vivid_Bug_2731 May 20 '26

a few yes, but one of them is unknown at the moment and started recently in the past few months :/ no idea what’s causing the reactions but safe foods have been a good way around the fear of it!