For as long as I can remember, I have had an absolutely crippling fear of rodents/bugs. I don’t even know where the fear came from, but I’m terrified of them contaminating me, my living space, and my family that I live with. It causes me great anxiety and the fear if I don’t deep clean everything I see, we’ll all get contaminated. It’s debilitating and I can’t stop sobbing ir having an anxiety attac if I see a bug or mouse or even think about a rodent near me. The same thing happens at work, which causes issues. My friend said it sounds ocd like but I always just thought it was a little phobia. Everyone’s afraid of something I always thought. What’s the difference between what a phobia looks like and OCD?