- Username
- sweetpotato
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I touched the car door handle and licked my hands. My fate is undetermined and I hope I live. ???
I'd say it's definitely reasonable and going beyond would be giving into your OCD.
I really hate poison, venoms, bug spray and all that kind of stuff, and always think that I will end up being poisoned myself and die lol but my main concern here would’ve been why on earth did he touched the mouse droppings and didn’t washed his hands after? ? I’m sorry but he’s just gross lol. I also think what you did was enough and I’m so proud of you for licking your hand and not giving into your ocd thoughts. ??
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I'd say that's reasonable tbh. Are u having trouble touching your doorknob still, even after cleaning?
Oh yes. I'm afraid we will all die. But if the consensus is that it's safe, I would rather operate from a position that it's the OCD.
I have a two-year-old, a six-year-old, and I'm pregnant with another baby right now. It drives my OCD through the roof.
Tqh, honestly, before I posted, I ended up having a complete breakdown, taking the car to a carwash, and throwing out the kid's new coloring books, because I had those in my dominant hand when I closed the door. This guy was really weird. He looked through our windows after he knocked. He crowded the doorway. He doesn't remember whether he wore and removed gloves. He handled a dead mouse with his bare hands and told me I should probably wipe down the garage door handle because he was handling a dead mouse. AND he told my husband he was going to give him the NRA handshake, where he grabbed his arm, cocked it, looked down his arm like a sight, and pretended to fire it. ??? I cannot shake how weird he was. He was an older gentleman, too, that sounded really young. In fact, tonight, I heard my husband in the kitchen and I was so worried this guy was breaking in, I got out of bed. Too many (or just the right amount of?) My Favorite Murder podcasts, I suppose. But my plan is to not get murdered.
Wow! I would’ve been very uncomfortable around him, and i really think that he’s supposed to wear gloves while handling dead animals, especially a mouse ?, maybe you should call the company and tell them about his weird behavior? I always say to myself that I really don’t have contamination ocd, but after reading this, I think I do, cause I would’ve gone crazy if this guy did those things in my house ?
My thought process currently: my dog pooped on the floor. Husband cleaned it up with toilet paper. However he did not use a disinfectant or even a wet wipe. Dog walked in the same area the poop was not cleaned appropriately. Dog jumped in my lap, I figured since I was about to shower it would be okay and I let her lay all over me and I pet her. Then I held my phone. After I took a shower, I picked up my phone without first disinfecting it, now my hands feel horribly dirty. I’m scared I will spread germs that the dog may have spread to me and I spread to my phone. However my husband is telling me it will be alright, be strong and don’t wash my hands or disinfect my phone and watch as nothing bad happens. Is this a legit reason to clean my phone and hands or is this just the OCD talking??
I touched a GIANT SLIMY SNOT yesterday on the work printer (it stick to my documents and I didn’t see it till it stuck to my hand) I washed excessively yesterday, showered etc and this morning I disinfected my desk and washed my hands more I had to use the printer again today now I feel like o have undone it all and I need to wash everything again How do I deal with this?
I guess this is kind of reassurance seeking, but I'm curious as to what is "normal" for non-contamination ocd people. Do you guys wash your hands after handling things in your house? After literally just stepping out of the shower, I just accidentally touched something I purchased today. Normally I would wash my hands, but my husband discouraged me from doing so because he knew it would start a spiral of still not feeling clean and wanting to wipe things down. So then I had to open my drawers, put on my pajamas, and get into bed/touch our clean bedding. I'm obviously veryyyy uncomfortable. Is this something that would even register as a red flag on anyone's radar? I know some people have taken to wiping groceries down during the pandemic, but that's not the concern in this case.
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