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Hello Doctor,
I just fear that everything I touch has covid virus. Will the virus carry to everything I touch after touching covid virus?
I mean if I touched contaminated place and then touch anything after that (car door, home door, pen, mobile) will that virus carry to these? In short from hand ✋ to door, car, mobile etc?
I got habit of not touching anything and if I touch I use sanitization to everything I touch.
I want to get rid of this
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It looks like you are extremely afraid of covid-19 and you often have thoughts of the disease. You are afraid that you may get infected. You are following safety precautions of sanitising your hand and that is good.
It will be good if you can work on reducing stress levels. You don’t have to feel too worried. All you have to do is follow safety precautions and get vaccinated. A psychologist will guide you on how you can reduce stress and feel calm.
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It could be the sign of health anxiety, or OCD. One need to get it dignosed properly and start the treatment accordingly.
Seek out to your nearest Psychologist to get the help immediately.
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Your description is not adequate. You should consult a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. After evaluation they will advise you accordingly.
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Mr. Gunjan Maithil
Psychologist
13 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hi... As per the statistics, the human transmission is the major source of spread of Covid-19. Transmission through infected surfaces is much less, but still you can keep doing hand sanitisation on regular intervals to be safe.
Also, please get Vaccinated, it is the best tool to avoid Covid-19 fatality and severity as of now. You can reduce this sanitisation habit once you get Completely Vaccinated (2 doses).
To address this fear and anxiety associated with getting infected and this obsessive compulsive response pattern of cleaning all surfaces, please consult a Psychologist and start taking Counselling Sessions.
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Ms. Komal Singh Parihar
Psychologist
4 yrs exp
Navi Mumbai
Hello there
I can understand what you are going through. You might be feeling extremely worried and sometimes stressed to go out because of the fear of getting covid-19. Your daily life functioning might be hampering because of this fear. There might be reasons due to which you might be facing this problem. Some you may be aware of and some you are not.
Don't worry, consult a good therapist or a psychologist before it causes more problems in your life.
You can also contact me and I will help you towards your recovery. Let's discuss your issues so that you can reach towards your solutions.
Take care. Stay safe and strong. Everything will be alright. You got this!
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Dr. Charanya
Psychologist
12 yrs exp
Coimbatore
Wellness Greetings to you..
This is kind of an addiction, when we want to perfect something ,we keep putting all of our focus into it and there is a habit formed and when you are not satisfactorily doing something about it because there is always information overload about covid virus and their consequences .
So even if you wanted to really come out of this Dopamine secretion will get less and you wouldn't be happy about doing that .
Differentiating the subconscious wiring with this habit and thoughts ,it is very easy to resolve this .
If you can seek a professional help and have a session so that you can sit and find where and how far the wiring has gone deep into .
I would recommend you to just consider the possibilities of taking a professional help here.
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