CHTMAG.COM CLEANING FEATURE All of this can have a massive impact on people’s lives. Howard Hughes famously ended his life as an eccentric recluse because his condition was so bad. Other people can end up avoiding other everyday activities, ocduk.org lists some of the most common as: Using public toilets (fear of contracting germs from other people). Coming into contact with chemicals (fear of contamination). Shaking hands (fear of contracting germs from other people). Touching door knobs/handles (fear of contracting germs from other people). Using public telephones (fear of contracting germs from other people). Waiting in a GP’s surgery (fear of contracting germs from other people). Visiting hospitals (fear of contracting germs from other people). Eating in a cafe/restaurant (fear of contracting germs from other people). Washing clothes in a launderette (fear of contracting germs from other people). Touching bannisters on staircases (fear of contracting germs from other people). Touching poles (fear of contracting germs from other people). Being in a crowd (fear of contracting germs from other people). Avoiding red objects and stains (fear of contracting HIV/AIDS from blood like stains). Clothes (having to shake clothes to remove dead skin cells, fear of contamination). Excessive tooth brushing (fear of leaving minute remains of mouth disease). Cleaning of Kitchen and Bathroom (fear of germs being spread to family). For many the point is that they keep washing and scrubbing until they feel something is clean. Ordinary people will do so until they see something as being clean. The amount of time and effort people put into feeling clean can be overwhelming. Howard Hughes is far from the only famous person to fall under one of these categories. Cameron Diaz Hollywood actress has claimed that she has ended up trapped in rooms before because she has such a phobia of touching doorknobs. Apparently she cleans the handles in her LA home so often she has removed all the paint and varnish from them. Maybe it is a Hollywood thing, Jennifer Aniston reportedly has a guest toilet that she never uses, and her own toilet that no one else ever uses. Presidential candidate Donald Trump is another self diagnosed sufferer. The New Yorker has called hand shaking “one of the JUNE 2016 11 CLEANING HYGIENE TODAY
Cleaning & Hygiene Today June 2016
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