Im wondering about a friend. Is his behavior normal?!


Question: Well for starters he's always washing his hands. For everything he seems to need to wash them with loads of soap and realy hot water. Like after he touches things that arnt even that that dirty. He wont dry his hands in a towel either he has to use and then discard a small face cloth. He wont touch door nobs in our school either. He wont sit down on the qouision on the chairs, he has to lift them up because germs or something will touch them.


Answers: Well for starters he's always washing his hands. For everything he seems to need to wash them with loads of soap and realy hot water. Like after he touches things that arnt even that that dirty. He wont dry his hands in a towel either he has to use and then discard a small face cloth. He wont touch door nobs in our school either. He wont sit down on the qouision on the chairs, he has to lift them up because germs or something will touch them.

it sounds as if he has a disorder called obsessive/complusive disorder or OCD. This is a disorder that can affect people in many ways... one being that they feel like everything is dirty and they need to be clean.. they are considered germaphobics.... they don't like germs...it is a cognitive disorder.. or thinking disorder.. they continue to obsess over things... and then they become compulsive...which is indicated in behavior (washing hands with soap and hot water and not touching door nobs because they are full of germs!) got me? google OCD.. its very interesting!!!!

Sounds like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

sounds like he has OCD - which is not "normal", but isn't the end of the world either. he can get help for it if he chooses to.

it sounds to me as though your friend has OCD ( obsessive compulsive disorder) .....

He might be a little obsessive ; or he might be hanging around an unkempt place . There's a load of germs antibiotics can't breakthrough these days . You can't be too careful - but too much soap & really hot water isn't so good on the skin . I'd check those couch cushions & see what it is he knows that he didn't tell you about those cushions .

it does sound like ocd but it may be germaphobia if he is only afraid of germs and not doing any other compulsive things.

no, it seems like he has OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)

read about it on here:
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/ma...

Must be OCD





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