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[quote=Anonymous]I have a mild form of this condition I'd say-- never formally diagnosed, but I have a friend who has a MAJOR version of it (hospitalized several times while we were in high school and college), so I've talked to her about it because she is now a medical doctor.

She told me that therapy for contamination fears involves gradually exposing yourself to various iterations of the scenario that most distresses you.  Her fears were related to her food / water being contaminated, so her therapy over the years consisted of dealing with that.

I realized that while teaching, I was sort of forcing myself into a modified version of that therapy because I was ALWAYS surrounded by the germs that were the source of my panic.  I just HAD to deal with it.  Then I took time off to raise DS and I just couldn't handle it anymore because I wasn't getting my daily dose of "therapy," ha ha...

Anyway, not to make light of it-- seek out a therapist-- but I'm right there with you.  It's impossible to explain to someone who has never experienced it, but it rules your freaking life.  Good luck to you.[/quote]

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