OCD about Floor things

[Sow Kheng]

I have had OCD since my childhood over 50 years.

I wipe all sorts of things Shopping Items mostly things that come from outside the house

I have a real problem when anything I drop or my husband drops on the floor/ground.

It could be a set of keys or anything he has handled after picking anything something that has touched the floor/ground.

I have clean it multiple times. I wipe with paper towels up to 20 times

Does anyone else have this type of problem

Any suggestions

[PolarBear]

My suggestion is really, really simple: stop doing it.

There is no need to wipe/wash things that have hit the ground/floor, unless they land in mud or something.

OCD is lying to you when it says there is a problem with things touching the ground. Stop listening to it.

Edited September 30, 2018 by PolarBear

[cookiemonster]

I do not have this problem but my brother certainly does. Really it doesn’t matter whether I do or not it’s ocd and the cleaning of the items is the compulsion.