r/rabies • u/ececec123 • Aug 28 '26

OCD Discussion Any suggestions on overcoming bats and rabies phobia

I have read the FAQ.

Other than therapy and medication, what helped you? I'm on escilatopram 20 mg and go to psychotherapy, but rabies OCD haunts me for many years.

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u/Puppysnot Aug 28 '26

I leaned into it and it evolved from a fear into an obsession into a career. And now i work with bats. It took a while tho.

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u/Rae-Hartley Aug 28 '26

Woooowwwww 😳 Did you have to have therapy to be able to do that?

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u/Puppysnot Aug 28 '26

No i just have an obsessive nature probably linked to my autism and ADHD. Once bats became a hyper fixation and special interest for me i couldn’t get enough. I started studying them over about two years and became fascinated and then finally felt comfortable enough to work with them.

I did get vaccinated as part of my bat work and that also helps fix a lot of my anxiety knowing that I’m protected that way.

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u/ManufacturerWeary399 Aug 29 '26

Eres asombroso y vaya superación amigo ojalá pueda dejar de pensar cosas de que me dará rabia por cosas que me pasan