I have a mysophobic girlfriend who is really devastated. Every time she eats with her girlfriend, she scans her clothes every half minute to see if any vegetable oil has drifted onto her clothes. Once it gets a little stain, it will become very anxious and irritable, and it will not eat. You must find water to wash it off, otherwise it will be very painful. Every time I take her to eat delicious food, I hope she will enjoy it and be happy with it, but every time she only pays attention to hygiene and is absent-minded. If there are stains, she will basically not eat the meal, which is very disappointing. So I'm afraid to eat with her.

At home, she would often scold me for hygiene issues. For example, if there was dust or a few hairs on the floor, she would be very angry and ask why she didn't clean it if it was so dirty. In fact, it's not that I don't like cleanliness, but these stains are so subtle that I can only see them clearly if I put on my glasses and walk within one meter. Her ideal state of hygiene at home is to keep it spotless at all times. So far throughout the day, she would sweep, mop, sweep, and mop the floor from time to time. However, some areas were never touched at all.

Every day when I get home from work, I just do some hygiene. I wipe here and there, mop and sweep the floor, take a shower, wash and hang clothes. After this set of procedures, it’s almost ten o’clock, and I have to go to bed after playing with my mobile phone for a while. And living with her, I have to follow her mysophobia, otherwise she will be very anxious and irritable. Being clean is a good thing, but if it seriously affects your life, I think it is a mental illness.

This kind of person has a paranoid personality, a poor growth environment, and a desire for perfection, but is powerless and has no choice but to go astray. I thought there was something wrong with my brain. Mysophobia is a bad habit and hobby. The causes of mysophobia are related to family, individual personality and life experience. Some parents have too high and strict hygiene requirements for their children, forcing their children to wash their hands repeatedly. This strong suggestion has a greater impact on children with neurotic tendencies and sensitive and introverted children. Psychological stress and mood swings caused by family relocation, death of relatives, divorce of parents or yourself, uncoordinated sexual life, or serious infection of infectious diseases by people around you can be the main reasons for inducing mysophobia!