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Any diagnosed germophobes or hoarders on this forum?

Any diagnosed germophobes or hoarders on this forum?

Hi, I have just joined. I have a few mental illnesses, but am especially interested in hearing if there are any diagnosed germophobes or people with hoarding disorder on these forums?

I don't know any germophobes in real life, and would be interested to know how any of you pre-Corona germophobes are doing. Can you find enough sanitiser? If not, what are you using instead? Has your germophobia gone sky-high in this pandemic? Do you find it less or more lonely now that nearly everyone is a self-confessed germophobe?

My germophobia is quite bad - I can't have anyone in my house, and need lots of sanitiser when I go out. E.g. I use it after leaving my house and before I get in the car; again before I touch the steering wheel, again after touching my purse, again before putting my seat belt on, etc. I am struggling to find enough sanitiser. If I run out, I was thinking about diluting some disinfectant and putting it into an old water bottle to take out with me. I had one really bad panic lasting 3 days that was debilitating, due to COVID-19, but after that thankfully my germophobia came back down to normal levels. I guess normal levels are not that great but at least I am used to them!

I am strangely finding it more lonely as a diagnosed germophobe now, and would really like to meet some other germophobes online and hear how you're going. At least I had a friend tell me that I was in a stronger position than him, during this health crisis, as he had trouble remembering to wash his hands, whereas I wash them a hundred times a day already!

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Happy to hear you were doing OK yesterday and the sun was shining up there @Eve7 🙂

I managed to stay out of bed yesterday and achieved some tidying and 2 laundry washes! It was a much better day.

Wishing you a good week this week 💛

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Hi @Bow , yesterday was a much better day for me and I stayed up (out of bed) 👍😊

Sounds like you are still doing well? So good to hear! 💜

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🌸 @NatureLover 🌸

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Re: Any diagnosed germophobes or hoarders on this forum?

Hi @Bellarose75 , great to see you, thanks for popping in!

How are you going?

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Hi @TideisTurning and @Former-Member , I'm sorry to have missed the Topic Tuesday last night on Homelessness and Housing Instability - I forgot it was on and only got the email notification when it was almost finished.

I live in fear of being homeless as the housing crisis is terrible and way more affordable and public housing needs to be built 😞

I've just read through your thread and see it provides lots of resources and good questions. Thank you for running it 🙂

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@NatureLover it is a worry eh

thinking of you 💕

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Just popping in to check on you @NatureLover.

You're never not in my thoughts x

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Thank you, @Bow ❤️

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Aww, thank you for popping in and for your kind thoughts @Anastasia ❤️

Am really hoping you, your boy and your mum are OK... 💚

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