#germophobe

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My Chemistry teacher was a huge germophobe and snapped my phone in half when I didn't use hand sanitizer after an experiment.

#dream #chemistry teacher #chemistry #teacher #school #germophobia #germophobe #phone #hand sanitizer

[danskjavlarna]

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#germophobe #kissing #germs #vintage yearbook #vintage illustration #yearbook

[growandrecover]

OCD and hand washing

Since cold and flu (and covid) season is approaching, I thought I'd make a post about obsessive hand washing because it's something I've been struggling with for years. So here are some thing you can do to protect your hands and maybe lower the amount of compulsions surrounding cleaning/washing if you can.

If your hands are not currently split open or raw, buy or use some cream that's thick and fit for dry, sensitive skin. My favorite is Cetaphil's Moisturizing Cream for very dry to dry, sensitive skin. However, it's a bit expensive, so I've been using Equate Therapeutic Dry Skin Cream. (From my experience the creams are thicker and make my hands feel better, but they come in jars, so if you have a fear or compulsion about not wanting to put your hands in your products, they have tubes and bottles out there)

If your hands are split open or raw, please don't use lotion or cream on them! Trust me, it'll burn. A few years ago, I looked up remedies, and I found that olive oil doesn't burn and does the trick! So when my hands were split, for the first day or two, I'd put olive oil on a few times a day, and then after they healed a little bit, I'd move to a lotion and vaseline combo. Although, olive oil has gotten a bit more expensive where I live, so if you live somewhere where it's the same, coconut oil can work as well.

I totally forgot to add- if you wash your hands with very hot water and dish soap: please do not do this anymore! it's drying out your hands so much faster. dish soap is not meant for hands, it's very rough. also, water so hot to the point it's steaming is only detrimental to your skin. you'll kill the germs by using regular hand soap and cold water. :)

Tips on not to wash as much:

I get it, you feel like you need to wash your hands. Especially now as everyone's getting sick, it can be pretty scary if you have ocd. I've been there too, and am currently struggling with it. You're not alone.

Ask yourself if it's *absolutely necessary*. If you just came in from work/school/the store, then yes of course, go wash your hands. But if you touched something like the remote (that maybe the people you live with touched), it's not going to kill you to not wash your hands. This is coming from someone who couldn't touch the remote or any doorknob (in my own home!) a few months ago, but can do so now without washing her hands. Yes, it's extremely difficult, and will likely invoke fear and other unpleasant emotions and feelings, but if you can, maybe just try one thing at a time. For example, maybe try not washing your hands after touching the refrigerator door (if that's not an issue, pick something that's relevant to you). If you can't- that's okay, this is a hard thing to do!

Wear gloves if you can. Yes, this may be reinforcing your compulsions, but if you still really struggle with washing your hands over and over and over, gloves could be able to help you. You can get a pair of regular gloves, or you can buy disposable ones if you're dealing with something you may not want to get on cloth gloves.

Distract yourself. If you're doing something where an obsession and a compulsion usually come into play, try a distraction. You could turn the tv on, put on a YouTube video, listen to music, or talk to someone.

Try to rationalize your way out of it. If you have OCD or struggle with similar symptoms, you know that most obsessions and compulsions don't make any sense. So if your brain is telling you to clean something or wash your hands, logic your way out of it. If it's telling you that you'll get hurt if you don't clean all the doorknobs, ask it why? Any germ that may be on there is not likely to kill you. Unless you don't have your covid vaccines, or have a compromised immune system, there's most likely nothing to worry about.

If you live in a place where masks aren't mandatory, wearing one may ease your concerns. You don't have to if it's not required, but I've been wearing one the whole time, and I don't worry anywhere near as much when I go out because I feel protected.

If you need/want to reach out, please do! I'm here for you all, and I wish you nothing but the best ❤️

#ocd #contamination ocd #obsessive compulsive disorder #fear of germs #germaphobia #germophobe #mental health #mental health tips #neurodivergent #neurodivergent tips

[beyond-mogai-pride-flags]

Mysophobia Pride Flag

Mysophobia, also known as verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia and bacteriophobia: a pathological fear of contamination and germs.

#germophobia #mysophobia #germophobiac #germophobe #germophobic #verminophobic #mysophobic #mysophobe #mysophobiac #mod ap #mad pride #flag #phobia flags #phobic #phobe #phobiac #germofobia #pathology #pathological fear #germo #fobia

[cleopatrachampagne]

me, while spraying a thick layer of lysol directly onto my skin because i lightly brushed against a dirty dish: “i have some small issues with germs but i’m not like a germaphobe or anything tho lmao. so what’s up with you?”

#don’t worry y’all i’m in therapy #just some humor to ease the pain of a bad ocd episode today #actual ocd #mental health #memes #germophobe #ocd

[bowlofoldpasta]

I don’t think people understand ocd. It’s not some cute quirky personality trait it’s a life destroying disorder who have ruined my life, friendship, family relationships and future.

I didn’t ask for a mind that uses every single moment obsessing over germs. It’s something that is always affecting me and something I am always thinking about.

I’m in too deep I don’t believe I will recover. My psychologist asked me to make a list of thoughts that is not tied to my obsessions, and it hit me, I can’t. I can’t live like this anymore.

#ocd things #actually ocd #ocd tw #ocdawareness #contamination #germophobe #my mind is a prison #anxi4ty

[yarpharp]

Yo folks how deep is your germophobia these days? Mine is absolutely off the hook and probably still not enough to protect me from either getting a bad case of COVID or save me from getting Monkeypox

#germs #germophobe #airport #covid #monkeypox #nothing like fearing for my questionable health while rando folks yell at me for looking like a hazmat freak

[alostlittleriverlotus]

huge rant, angry feelings, vent, about COVID and masks.

I'm genuinely just so done. I went to get my food and my brother tested positive for covid. He just stood in the kitchen, waiting for my mom or talking to her or something, coughing. When my food was right next to him. No mask.

I literally feel like I have a fever from wet hair or the AC blowing on me. My allergies are so bad I literally woke up almost throwing up from it cause I've been a dummy and been neglecting filling my humidifier cause of the pain I get whenever I have to handle that thing. I am not going to catch COVID because the two people sick in this household refuse to wear masks!!!

I don't care if COVID is just like a bad cold cause of our vaccines. I do not want to get sick because even a mild cold with or without a fever makes me want to unalive myself!!!

So yeah, I'm really pissed and I'm really emotional cause not only am I having a panic attack related to my OCD (where my fear of germs stems from) but I also had my phone crash on me which sent me spiraling into a breakdown.

Even though my food was in a sealed container, I can't even look at it without feeling disgusted. I couldn't eat a bag of goldfish my friend ate from cause of my OCD. Literally nobody in this house respects how my OCD affects me! I can't help my reactions and I can only do so much to avoid these kinds of triggers!

And it doesn't help that cause of hyperempathy or hypochondria or fucking whatever, when I see anyone sick, I start to feel sick myself even if I'm not. Literally just seeing a hot drink makes my throat hurt and yet seeing these two sick people is making my throat hurt.

I hate this household that doesn't respect me. My mom said she'd wear a mask, she didn't. My brother was given a mask, he didn't wear it. And now my mom is back to eating out again (she's pretty much over it) and my parents think it's supposedly fine if I work despite the fact I could have it even if I don't show symptoms. I don't care if "COVID is over" or if we're vaccinated. It's irresponsible to do that! And I know darn well my parents aren't masking when they go out.

There are still people that will get sick. We don't know who we could affect. I get not wearing a mask if you can't (even I struggle to sometimes and have to take breaks cause of my overheating and breathing problems), but no. My parents just choose not to. Cause COVID isn't "serious" anymore so it doesn't matter.

Honestly it should just be normal to wear a mask when sick anyway!

That was my dinner and now the thought of leaving my room makes me feel sick to my stomach.

#rant #vent #angry #bpd #emotional #emotionally unstable #actually ocd #ocd #COVID #covid mention #masks #hypochondriac #panic attack #All I want is a little respect #for boundaries #Or acknowledgement that I have mental disorders that affect me #germophobe #fear of germs #sickness #chronically ill #chronic fatigue #chronic pain #chronic illness #actually disabled

[kxyera]

Rain, sick as ever, calling Mountain : “hey, so i just coughed up a full on lung, and i’m bleeding internally, do you still want me to come to work, or-?”

Mountain, the biggest germophobe there : “YOU WHAT?! STAY IN YOUR ROOM!”

Rain, being the people-pleaser he is : “I knowwww but do you-“

Mountain : “Go to the infirmary, or i’m dragging you by your tail.”

Swiss, in the background on Mountain’s side : “HA! KINKY!”

#rain is a people pleaser #germophobe mountain #swiss is a menace #swiss ghoul #rain ghoul #mountain ghoul #ghost bc #ghost crackfics #kxyera’s crackfics

[xofeno]

JESSE LEE SOFFER as Mister Rogers Variety Interview (2023)

Stay in or go out? Stay in, I'm a total homebody.

#homebodies unite #jesse lee soffer #jay halstead #chicago pd #mister rogers #mr rogers #jesseleesofferedit #variety #interview #mine #queue the post to begin #ok the next few tags are a keyword experiment plz ignore #a lot of my friends make fun of me that i'm like mister rogers like i go get home trade change one cardigan sweater for the other another #come take off my shoes put on slippers get real comfy i have home out wardrobe yeah clothes when you ocd germophobe germaphobe homebody #do you separate inside and outside outfits

[elbiotipo]

People don't know this but I shower everyday. It's not even to get clean I love showering. It's always shower time here in my house. The first thing I did when I was a kid and I moved to my new house was shower. I'm always counting the time for my next shower. I shower at 1 AM, 4 PM, 6 AM, any time is shower time. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, my best friends. I don't go anywhere without showering first. Wanna have sex? It's gonna be shower sex with me sooner or later (sooner). They call me The Shower or El Duchas in the Spanish dub. I'm showering right now.

#cosas mias #the shower sex part isn't a joke btw #neither is the rest #(no I don't shower all the time but YES I do it EVERY day) #I'm not a germophobe but I LOVE water #and you can bet your ass I wash my hands all the time

[chocolatecakecas]

you see. dean growing his hair out means now he has to wear a little stretchy headband when he washes his face

#it's purple<3 #nobody start. #known germophobe has ALWAYS washed his face. and now that he finally has a real place of his own. hes got a skincare routine #he's literally got soaps and creams and lotions and expensive fave masks #LET HIM HAVE IT #dean winchester #dean breakdown<3

[deadshadowcreature]

Make Nezha a germophobic who’s tired of Erlang’s dog crap

#my art #comic #lmk #lego #monkie kid #lego monkie kid #nezha #third lotus prince #erlang shen #yang jian #xiaotian quan #qi xiaotian #MK #all saints street #lynn angel #I just love germophobic characters sm

[marscantread7]

I feel like Mammon's the type of person to step on a piece of gum and not realize, and when he finally realizes the reason the bottom of his shoe is so sticky, he'll stand there for 5 minutes just gagging. Literally gagging, and his brothers will just watch him like he's insane, until Lucifer finally gets enough, takes Mammon's shoe, and cleans it for him.

#obey me shall we date #obey me #obey me headcanons #obey me mammon #lucifer is so done with mammon #om! mammon #mammon is a huge germophobe #he can't stand stuff like this happening #free mammon #marshall cant write

[veliseraptor]

at this point i'm basically allergic to the phrase "found family" with the very specific exception of the yi city squad and that is because i think it's funny

#your family can be a murderer a depressed daoshi and a child thief #and that's valid #add song lan in there and you've also got a neurotic germophobe #it's perfect #important text posts #the sad queer cultivators show

[preposterousgreen]

Auditor: On a final note, Mr. Director, the department would like to caution you regarding your overly generous distribution of sick leave.

Sephiroth: *muttering* "Generous"...?

Auditor: While we do commend you on your compassionate leadership—

Zack: *tittering* "Compassionate"...!

[flashback to]

Sephiroth: *sneezes*

Lazard: *putting on a mask* Go home.

[flashback to]

Genesis: *blows his nose*

Lazard: *snapping on rubber gloves* Get out.

[flashback to]

Zack: *looks a little queasy*

Lazard: *wielding a spray-bottle full of bleach* Beat it.

[flash forward]

Lazard: Well, of course, it is especially important for SOLDIERs to be in peak physical condition considering their extensive travel and contact with the public, and our internal accounting has found significant cost savings in avoiding complications to injuries or contagion in the department...

#not a germophobe just a hardass #shitpost #incorrect quotes #lazard deusericus #sephiroth #genesis rhapsodos #zack fair #crisis core #final fantasy vii