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Limbs wrote:
does anyone else have trouble w anxiety about your hands being clean... like washing multiple times but you still feel like your hands aren't clean, worrying about like contaminating stuff etc?

how do u deal with that? i'm not sure if stopping myself from washing multiple times would be a good idea cuz i mean you can't see bacteria and stuff, so i can't rly know if my hands are clean or not

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BloomCissi wrote:
Hmm, no, not in that way. I've grown up with very strict boundaries between clean and dirty, so for me it's natural to always wash my hands when I have touched something "dirty". Like, in my family, we always wash our hands when we get home, and things that are also used outside, such as phones, are considered dirty, meaning that we wash our hands after using them, and before touching other stuff in the house.

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Arthema wrote:
Sounds like ocd
I would love to help but I myself still need help with that lol

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BloomCissi wrote:
Hmm, no, not in that way. I've grown up with very strict boundaries between clean and dirty, so for me it's natural to always wash my hands when I have touched something "dirty". Like, in my family, we always wash our hands when we get home, and things that are also used outside, such as phones, are considered dirty, meaning that we wash our hands after using them, and before touching other stuff in the house.

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BloomCissi wrote:
Hmm, no, not in that way. I've grown up with very strict boundaries between clean and dirty, so for me it's natural to always wash my hands when I have touched something "dirty". Like, in my family, we always wash our hands when we get home, and things that are also used outside, such as phones, are considered dirty, meaning that we wash our hands after using them, and before touching other stuff in the house.

What?

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wug wrote:
Only when I've been outside these days. If I haven't been outside I only wash my hands if I've touched food or my plants.
I always always always wash my hands after dealing with my plants unless I haven't touched anything but the pot.

And of course after bathroom business but that's also normal.
Hopefully all of this is normal.

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wug wrote:

BloomCissi wrote:

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BloomCissi wrote:
Hmm, no, not in that way. I've grown up with very strict boundaries between clean and dirty, so for me it's natural to always wash my hands when I have touched something "dirty". Like, in my family, we always wash our hands when we get home, and things that are also used outside, such as phones, are considered dirty, meaning that we wash our hands after using them, and before touching other stuff in the house.

What?

I try to remember the last time I cleaned my phone lol

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BloomCissi wrote:

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BloomCissi wrote:

Snusmumrikken wrote:

What?

I try to remember the last time I cleaned my phone lol

I don't even use my phone, and I don't actually use it outside, but I mean, I never clean my iPad. And like, when I'm outside, I don't care about the clean and dirty stuff (because outside everything is dirty...), so then I usually only wash my hands after using the toilet.

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wug wrote:

BloomCissi wrote:

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BloomCissi wrote:
What?

I try to remember the last time I cleaned my phone lol

I don't even use my phone, and I don't actually use it outside, but I mean, I never clean my iPad. And like, when I'm outside, I don't care about the clean and dirty stuff (because outside everything is dirty...), so then I usually only wash my hands after using the toilet.

Aha I see