• dan1101@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    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.

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      1 hour ago

      That works for my wife. The 2 second dog has also nullified our use of the 5 second rule.

  • cloudless@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    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.

    • Maalus@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      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.

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    8 hours ago

    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.

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    7 hours ago

    There was a small pandemic I think. That gave most folks Germaphobia

  • LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    (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.