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As a German myself, not really.
reads title again
I waste a bit of time washing my hands and keeping rules like things that have been on the floor don’t go onto the kitchen counters. But I very rarely get sick so maybe it’s working.
That works for my wife. The 2 second dog has also nullified our use of the 5 second rule.
My personal experience spending time with people with germaphobia:
- They have no idea where germs actually are or how germs are transmitted. They just do specific things that they assume “clean”, or avoid specific things that they assume “dirty”
- They share similarities with people with OCD
Phobias are by definition irrational.
It depends on the person really. Mythbusters tested this, and the germophobe was the cleanest / didn’t have anything on them in comparison to the others. Iirc they had some UV dye and then had dinner together? Then shined a light on em.
Mysophobia as in constantly washing my hands and not being able to concentrate when I didn’t shower. Camping and festivals were hell. This was in my teens, then I got drafted and three months of boot camp fixed it. Shock therapy works.
Kind of the same here. I can go without cleaning, I just don’t like it and my mood tanks.
There was a small pandemic I think. That gave most folks Germaphobia
Lol my mom still doesn’t want to wash hands even after seeing covid so I’m not too sure about that.
(Obvious joke about Germans)
Not really, I was really weird about showering for a while, I have kind of accepted that I need to be somewhat clean to have a proper, productive, happy day. Although I believe that being used to it plays a huge role.
