I wash my hands before I eat or touch my face, but I'm not too worried about it.  Germs are a part of life.

i sanitize the bottom of my bags whenever i get home. and the soles of my shoes. i hate wet washroom stalls. urine is actually sterile, but stepping in someone else's pee just irks me. and i demand feet to be clean when placed on my bed. other than that, it's all good.

Not as paranoid as I am about prions.

Has anyone seen the Invader Zim episode where Zim discovers germs? This post just reminded me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryi0XwLFC4g

@LupusInvictus@xanga - omg i heart invader zim...and gir, he's so cute lol  =)

I wash my hands very often. Well, it's not because I'm paranoid about germs, I just feel like doing so.

yep wash them all the time, and I noticed I am slightly healthier because of it,
its a good practice to get into, and should be the law in restrooms!

I am not paranoid about germs, but I am paranoid about contamination.  I won't even touch something once I've decided it is comtaminated hence I have a messy house.  I am too afraid of touching the cooties.

So here's the deal. The reason these "super bugs" exist is because of the ever increasing use of anti-bacterial and anti-viral substances over the past century. The viruses and bacteria have had to adapt to grow stronger than the things we have created to kill them. That's just nature.

If you don't get sick occasionally, especially when you are younger, your body will never produce the anti-bodies you need to fight these same diseases, and worse ones, in the future. Our bodies are way smarter than the brain of any chemical development company. They will do what they were made to do (and what we need them to do) unless we block them from doing so with anti-bacterial/anti-viral substances and useless vaccinations (I'm talking flu vaccine for healthy people, not MMR).

So stop freaking out about the germs and using your hand sanitizer a thousand times a day, because you're only creating the thing that you're trying to defeat.

i had a teacher in high school who was a germaphobe. he wouldnt touch any of the students hands and flipped out if it was an accident. even if you grazed hands while handing in a paper he's go to his desk and use his antibacterial hand soap thing.

he will freak out if you directly hand him a hall/bathroom pass. he makes you sit next to an open window if you're sick so your germs will hopefully flow out of the room.

SPAZ.

our class gave hima graduating present of lysol

I'm not so much a germophobe as a hygeinofreak. lol

Small amounts of exposure help build your immune system, so it's good. People should really spend more time worrying about not spreading their sicknesses to other people.

I wash my hands every time I use the bathroom, or get something on my hands (dirt, oil, egg, whatever) that isn't lotion, but don't care about "anti-bacterial" crap. Actually, using anti-bacterial body soap, seems to increase my likelihood of getting a yeast infection; I switched soaps and stopped getting them.

It really grosses me out when I'm in a bathroom and someone walks out without washing their hands. I don't care if you didn't pee on them. Wash them anyway.

I never understood people who wash their hands too much because they're afraid of germs. I mean... washing hands TOO much isn't good for you. It's rather counter-productive, after a point.