Everything contaminated

[Elen]

Baby steps Phil, every time you challenge the OCD is a victory.

I think eating the sausage roll was huge as was having your friends round.

Yes there will be other things that worry you but you will get better at talking yourself round.

Well done

[phil06]

I'm worried the area where the ant spray was put down its contaminated now though so I fear if ever paint it or touch it even if I was the skitting down it will burn me as ant spray Isn't to come into contact with you?

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yes it happens in Mcdonnalds I could be eating and somebody comes along with a spray bottle and starts slashing but it never bothers me I've not had it happen in a chip shop infact I guess I would rather not know what's cleaned in restaurants or takeaways as like tonight I wouldn't eat it.

The reason was I thought if I ate it being near flash spray I would be ill from the chemicals.

Someone else on here mentioned this worry on the HA board. I can remember pasting in a load of snippets from manufacturer websites and health & safety. I will see if I can find it. Basically, they use food safe chemicals that will not harm you.

I found the thread so here it is:

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthr...ghlight=safety

You will be fine, Lauren. In fact, you will find it will be part of food safety for them to be doing that to protect you all. Chefs have to be trained in those areas and they are taken very seriously because of public health so I would expect they are using "food safe" disinfectant cleaner.

In fact, to demonstrate this I just Googled it and a page of cleaning product sellers popped up and this is what a few had to safe about theit products:

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Gentle as Water

While the spray is tough on bacteria*, it’s also mild enough to use around kids, pets and food. The versatile pH-balanced formula can be used on most surfaces anytime, anywhere.†

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Food hygiene regulations are getting increasingly tighter meaning that not only do food environments need to be kept spotlessly clean but they must also be cleaned with food safe chemicals. We have a range of specially formulated food safe hygiene supplies that will help you comply with these regulations allowing food preparation areas to be safely cleaned and sanitised.
It can be difficult to find a gentle, food safe cleaner that can tackle heavy soiling and is still strong enough to kill dangerous bacteria such as E Coli. Our food safe disinfectant offers the ultimate in food safe cleaning and is widely used throughout food processing factories as well as in restaurants, hotels and commercial kitchens where food safety is paramount.

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Surface Sanitizer Spray, fast drying, food safe


This spray is food-safe so may be used in all food preparation areas.

It is fast-drying so that the area being cleaned may not need to be wiped dry, making its antimicrobial action more efficient.

Suitable for clinic, home and industrial environments.

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VIRUSOLVE+ is completely harmless to humans and animals at optimum operational strengths. It requires little or no additional training and no specialist protective workwear or gear.

Food And Beverage Preparation
The manufacture of food and beverage products, especially chilled, ready to eat food products, relies on maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene in storage, production, assembly and packing areas. The stringent legislative standards required today, and the prevention of cross-contamination, can only be achieved by effective disinfection and cleaning programmes.
VIRUSOLVE+ is ideal in this application as it wipes out all micro-organisms - including spores - and yet leaves negligible residues and renders surfaces both safe and hostile to future infection. It can be used at every stage of food production from the field to the plate and has proved itself in trials and tests.

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Can you see how they are all saying these standards are mandatory? So, they are places on them by someone like the Food Standard Agency, a branch of the government hence law.

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I'm worried the area where the ant spray was put down its contaminated now though so I fear if ever paint it or touch it even if I was the skitting down it will burn me as ant spray Isn't to come into contact with you?

What about the sprays that are child/pet safe?

Basically, as long as you follow the safety instructions, everything is fine. The products are mass used across the country (and world) and no one is getting affected by them.

[phil06]

I'm just too worried to put my drawers back into the wall incase it touches the skirting. If I wash it with soap and water will it be clean again my anxiety has me worrying it's contaminated forever and I can't touch that area?

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I'm also worried if I have a family in the future where I can put dirty washing as if someone touched it or put a wet towel somewhere I would bin stuff.. my only solution I can think I is to build a cupboard.

[tiller]

your so paranoid on really small things

[Lucinda07]

Its the anxiety talking, Phil.
As Terry suggested, in an earlier post, you need to gradually try to face the OCD - step by step. (Especially if you wish to have kids one day!)
The skirting board can be wiped down with detergent. Many families keep their dirty clothes in a plastic laundry basket (its light & can be wiped down).

[phil06]

Update:

Disaster PlayStation controller hit the area on the floor where the ant spray was spayed now it's toxic bad for the environment now I never got round to cleaning that area im worried I'm going to ditch the controller and buy new like I always do?

[phil06]

Another big anxiety disaster

I blocked the toilet as I do with using too much toilet paper and I was needing the toilet so I waited one hour and I got so desperate I unblocked it with my hand and had to go after drinking too much juice and the water was high none hit the ground but the water went down I hit my hand off the bath pannel with toilet water and maybe when I rushed to the loo my boxers took a trip so I am binning them.

Im worried the whole bathroom is horrible I sprayed it all down and cleaned it and showered my anxiety is less as I watched the OCD programme and I am starting to believe and accept things can be cleaned and obsessive cleaning is actually good if it means the place is clean.

I believe this is a solution to my ants I googled it and said they hate the smell of cleaning stuff and like smell of sugar so I'm going to give the house a spring clean is this a good idea?

[phil06]

Anybody

[MyNameIsTerry]

Update:

Disaster PlayStation controller hit the area on the floor where the ant spray was spayed now it's toxic bad for the environment now I never got round to cleaning that area im worried I'm going to ditch the controller and buy new like I always do?

Follow any cleaning instructions for things that touch the ant spray area. You will be walking on that area I would imagine and so it will be possible to clean the things that touch it. The controller is plastic so it's not going to absorb the chemicals so perhaps a quick rub down with a wet wipe may even do it?

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Another big anxiety disaster

I blocked the toilet as I do with using too much toilet paper and I was needing the toilet so I waited one hour and I got so desperate I unblocked it with my hand and had to go after drinking too much juice and the water was high none hit the ground but the water went down I hit my hand off the bath pannel with toilet water and maybe when I rushed to the loo my boxers took a trip so I am binning them.

Im worried the whole bathroom is horrible I sprayed it all down and cleaned it and showered my anxiety is less as I watched the OCD programme and I am starting to believe and accept things can be cleaned and obsessive cleaning is actually good if it means the place is clean.

I believe this is a solution to my ants I googled it and said they hate the smell of cleaning stuff and like smell of sugar so I'm going to give the house a spring clean is this a good idea?

Are we talking something like OC Cleaners? I really don't think obsessive cleaning due to fear is a good thing. You can clean without it being obsessive and no fear is involved either.

Just wash your boxers, Phil. Think how your boxers get dirty from you wearing them and you don't bin them for fresh each time, you wash them and wear them again. There is nothing in that toilet that cannot be washed out of your boxers, even if you need to boil them...something women have been doing for a long long time with their husbands skid marks.

Spring cleaning is fine BUT not obsessive spring cleaning. Do things once and once only. Returning to do them again & again is obsessive and just feeding your disorder. The same with your bathroom - do it once and walk away and sit out the anxiety, which will fade.