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OCD or common sense? raw meat
I know I have a bad case of OCD, but some things just seem like common sense to me, which is a major factor of this "Illness".
Today, I am so worried, my partner cooked raw meat (pork) for his dinner, he put the empty packet in a carrier bag which was hooked on the cutterly drawer, and then left the bag there
He washed his hands after disposing the packet into the bag.
Then he touched the handle of the bag to open it and put some more rubbish into it, then WITHOUT washing his hands he opened the drawer and got a knife out.
This may seem fickle to others but I cannot stop thinking about this and i'm so conviced there i s now raw meat germs on the knives in the cuttlery drawer.
I know the fact that I cannot settle is due to OCD, but i really feel i need to clean the cuttlery again and detol the tray and the drawer, this i know will cause a massive argument, ive already been warned not to do this, but while he's at work i really want to do it, i'm so scared.
Is this just OCD or would a "normal" person have to wash the cuttlery again?
Thank you
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This may seem excessive worrying to others, but for you, it would seem to be a 'normal' worry, I agree.
You could perhaps just wipe the cutlery, if you feel very anxious, I'm quite sure you don't need to use an antiseptic like Dettol to clean it.
After all, only one knife was taken out without the drawer being rummaged, wasn't it?
And you could use Dettol to wipe the knob of the cutlery drawer, if you wish, too.
In any case, OCD is difficult to cope with, in everyday life.
If you'd like, you could take some of the Bach flower remedies for your OCD too, for they can make life less stressful in many such conditions!
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It's not rational to be this upset by this. Your thinking is definitely off. 'Common sense' would dictate that there are germs on every single thing on this planet, and that the very, very tiny little bit of germs that maybe, could possibly but rather unlikely, have transferred to the other utensils, but that such a tiny bit would be completely harmless even if it did happen.
You should probably seek some therapy if your irrational thinking and compulsive cleaning is risking your relationship.
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I can tell you how I would respond, but I'm certainly not 'normal' :P
I have OCD as well, and I would definitely be scrubbing those knives. I know all I'd be able to think about is those 'germs' crawling all over the knives. Then again, this comes from a person who washed down the entire house with bleach (it took me 2 days!) after seeing one cockroach.
On the practical side, there's really nothing to be worried about. There's no way that anything worse than what was already on those knives has managed to make its way on there because of your boyfriend's actions. Everything has tons of germs on it, even you!
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