Does anyone else out there have compulsive habits? I have (or had) several. When I had long hair, I would compulsively brush it. I HAD to carry a brush with me, and I always brushed my hair before getting out of my car or leaving a restroom. If I didn't, I was EXTREMELY self-conscious of it. I also have bad skin. I compulsively pick at it, to the point where my folks and brother used to slap my hands or tell me to stop picking. Seriously, I've made myself bleed many times. If I get scratches or sores anywhere, I have to pick at the healing scabs until they open up. I also used to be a nail-biter. My fingers are all scarred because I'd chew at the skin around my nails until it bled.

Yeah, Germ X all over your body isn't good.

But that video is hilarious!

i use germ x alll over my body, all the time.

i know this destroys good bacteria, and you can get sick from it, but i'd rather do this than....

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YouTube - Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash Wash

like i used to

I agree, ditch the germ -x. Your poor skin must be so dry and chapped. I was a microbiology major and the good germs really can be killed off. You would not want to get colonized with the bad germs....

thanks for the interest, i'm...well, i appreciate the thought. Mostly my hands get "the treatment". It just seemed with water they were never clean the first time, or the second...etc. NOT POKING FUN OF OCD, by the way, it's a thing I've lived with all my life. I guess I got to the point of it being humorous instead of sad, I mean if I have to live with it, I'd rather think it was perculiar and funny than sad, and be totally depressed. it is a deeper thing, I know, I know... but on the positive side, my New Year's Resolution was to use water on me, and only Purell with Aloe on my hands (that germx is rough). And it seems to be working, my hands look decent, not chapped, VERY CLEAN...