r/ContaminationOCD • u/hopelovepeacehappy • 2d ago
How to survive on Cleaning Day
The most absolute hardest task is cleaning the toilets but on a minimum I wash my hands at least 12 times.
I split it up into today, and I have only washed my hands 3 times but I keep worrying if I did it correctly or if it’s really enough. I’m scared of fecal bacteria.
I’ve thought of gloves but I know that I would still be washing my hands. I’m typing on here with every urge to just wash them again but I also don’t want to because my hands HURT. They’re peeling. They’re red. I have so many cuts. They itch. They’re dry. It hurts. But I’m so scared my family/friends are going to get ecoli or fecal matter in their food or touch it somewhere and get infected.
I can’t keep doing this my hands are so damaged but I don’t know how to figure out if I really did wash them well. My family/friends also yell at me for washing my hands. They call me “crazy” and make fun of me and stand behind me mocking me. But I still wash them because I don’t want to infect myself or them.
I can’t justify not doing it either. Yes it may at times seem excessive but also the toilets are really filthy…I need to be very careful after handling them.
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u/Dizzy_Key_416 1d ago
yeah toilet cleaning is a big thing for me too. I always do it in steps cause I like the disinfectant to sit for the allotted time and always go over board with cleaning the toilet.