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shalafi@lemmy.world 1 week agoI see posts like OPs, and hear people saying such things IRL, and I always think, “This person would straight die in a week if they faced the most minimal survival situation.”
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Eh, I don’t think it’s quite that serious lol. People become germaphobic for a ton of different reasons. I still have a really heavy impulse to wash my hands after touching surfaces due to covid, for instance.
Severe or unexpected illnesses experienced by a person or seen in their family can cause a lot of trauma. With the US healthcare and work system being as awful as it is, it’s not really irrational to be driven to being overly cautious. I think that as long as people aren’t having anxiety problems or compulsions that impact their quality of life, being a little too cautious like OP is pretty benign.