Re: New phobia: poison
I think what needs to be recognised here is that its very difficult to be poisoned accidentally unless you work with toxic chemicals or are exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation. Even then you would need to be careless. As a keen gardener I regularly handle poisonous plants including foxgloves and delphiniums, though would have to eat these plants to be poisoned.
The other issue of someone trying to poison you is extremely remote. Not that I'm wishing to come across as dismissive, after all I've had health anxiety issues in recent years which have been equally illogical.
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