It definitely does not help, that's for sure.
My OCD is intrinsically tied to a year long hypochondriac episode I had after a traumatic incident leading to my hospitalization and impairment.
So during a pandemic and being a Healthcare worker... I don't think I need to explain how much I want to fucking die right now. I had it under control through a lot of help and therapy and I was mostly free of this nagging constant variable... now it has been making these things come back and it has been hell. So now that I'm back in therapy I need to get it under control again and it's awful. Feeling like everything you touch is germ covered and immediate sanitization is required 24/7 or something bad will happen to you, your family, your bosses, your roommates is so distressing.
I go through so many cleaning supplies and so much hand sanitizer.
I'm also immunocompromised so fuck me I guess! Like, it keeps me safe but not mentally sane!