stab by needle?

[monguse123]

First of all let me tell you that i have an Hiv phobia and anxiety about catching Hiv from distracted syringes. I always mind my step to see if I'm not stepping on one or sometimes I'm afraid of people that might be using drugs.
I have started going to psychotherapist and I'm diagnosed with ocd and anxiety.

I was walking down the road in a foreign country and a very friendly guy approached me and welcomed me to his country it was obvious that he was very poor he had bad teeth and was skinny and maybe a drug user. We chated for a bit and then he left. After that i saw him again later and i asked him to give me directions for a shop. This time he was caring a small plastic bag with him and i got anxious that he might have syringes inside and I kept away from it but he told me to follow him in to the shop and at that point i think i might got in contact with that bag he was holding. I couldn't see what was inside but i thought it might be drugs or drug paraphinelia maybe syringes and I'm afraid if i came in contact with them and gave me hiv or hep.

I keep saying to myself that he wouldn't have the syringe laying in the bag its too obvious and that if the needle would go deep in my leg i would see it at that moment. Also usually syringes have caps

My question is if  he had a syringe in the bag is that something that can put me in danger for Hiv or hep if it pricked me in the thigh or leg.
Is it completely stupid to thing about who did you touch in the street and if they had a syringe somewhere that pricked you cause i kinda do it all the time.
Thank you

[JGF25]

Well she is right...the more you give into the thought, the longer it is going to stick around.  Here are some book recommendations.

Self-Coaching by Joseph Luciani
Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts by Christine Purdon

Have you talked about possibly taking medication?

[JGF25]

Hello there.  Glad you are seeing a therapist.  One of the first things you should learn from therapy is to recognize an OCD irrational thought and not run with it.  You need to learn how to calm yourself down and self-coach yourself through the situation.  You know you didn't get pricked with a needle...deep down you know it.  You need to think the thought, counter it with some self-coaching, and then let it go.  If you continue to do the "what-if" thing with it, then you are going to drive yourself crazy and the thought isn't going to go away.  

What techniques have you learned so far to help yourself in these situations?  

[monguse123]

The only thing she is telling me is to not pay attention to the thoughts but its so difficult. Usually I call her and she tries to make me dis empower the thought. This time the only thing that makes me worry more than other times is that the guy actually looked like a junky although he was a nice guy.