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- 40w ago
Contamination
I may have brushed up against my bed with my outside clothes on. Will this contaminate my bed? Also has anyone else felt that they had breathing problems from spraying excessive Lysol?
I may have brushed up against my bed with my outside clothes on. Will this contaminate my bed? Also has anyone else felt that they had breathing problems from spraying excessive Lysol?
As someone who also struggles with contamination ocd, I try to think of these situations like this: so many people who don’t have contamination ocd wear their outside clothes in their house and sit on their couch or even sit or lay on their bed and they are fine. So many people touch their outside clothes when they are out and then touch food with their hands and they are fine. It’s hard for our minds to accept these things as okay but these things happen all the time and a lot of people don’t even think twice about it
Your bed should be completely fine, don’t worry about that! As for the Lysol thing, yep, it’s not great to spray too much but in moderation and you’re not just going up to it and smelling it on purpose, you should be good.
Yes it burns your nose!
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