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I'm a sanitizing freak, and my hands are buring now.

I tend to sanitize my hands like 5-10 times a day, each time I touch a handle when I'm out and about.
Now I started using a diff sanitizer a couple of days ago, it was alright just a weird smell, and more liquidy. I just applied it, and for some reason now my hands are burning. I went and washed them with soap, but they are still burning.

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basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

Do you have OCD by chance?
No judgement. I have OCD, although my obsessions aren't around contamination or hygiene.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@basilfawlty89 I never got diagnosed with a mental illeness, other than anxiety, because I had a panic attack some months ago, still have mild symptoms sometimes, but I did every check up possible, and my body is 100% healthy, so it can only be from anxiety.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@Dan193 OCD is marked by anxiety though. Look I'm not a psychologist, but the excessive ritualisation seems familiar.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@basilfawlty89 makes sense. How do u cope? Is it possible to do it without medication? I'm a bit against taking taking pills unless it's life thretening. I prefer to find ways to get my body to heal itself.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

@Dan193 CBT, specifically Exposure and Response Prevention therapy.

Dan193 · 31-35, M

@basilfawlty89 I see