The Germ Code: How to stop worrying and love the microbes

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  • Опубликовано: 29 дек 2024
  • Jason Tetro's book The Germ Code: How to stop worrying and love the microbes is available in all major bookstores.

Комментарии • 75

  • @milachyc88
    @milachyc88 4 года назад +181

    I’m jealous of those people who don’t give an efff about germs. It destroyed my life. I hope one day I will wake up and not have this mental illness anymore

    • @nolan1610
      @nolan1610 3 года назад +13

      @Alex Sax Same, everyday I have to wipe down stuff to consider it clean and I can't stop. I don't know what to do, I've been like this for 6 years.

    • @otakuparadise3585
      @otakuparadise3585 3 года назад +7

      Igh same here it annoy the heck out of my and stress me out

    • @otakuparadise3585
      @otakuparadise3585 3 года назад +3

      @@nolan1610 I do the same but mine been sens I was in midol school ;w; been over 15 years

    • @exo.3411
      @exo.3411 2 года назад +5

      Same i started in 2019 and still am a germaphobe

    • @thomasbrown7609
      @thomasbrown7609 2 года назад +5

      @@exo.3411 how bad is it for you? I am also a germaphobe :(

  • @jordanfreidel1751
    @jordanfreidel1751 4 года назад +91

    I'm a germaphobe and I'm scared of all germs, including my own, and it ruins me.

    • @RDW1216
      @RDW1216 Год назад

      go and really think about why you fear it, and then check up some facts

    • @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde
      @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde 6 месяцев назад

      Germaphobes tend to have a weaker immune system. Try adapting, and your immune system will strengthen.

    • @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde
      @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde 6 месяцев назад

      Germaphobia will make your immune system weaker.

    • @DominicLewis-e1s
      @DominicLewis-e1s 2 месяца назад

      ​@@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde we know. If we could stop we could.

  • @Rosie-ij3on
    @Rosie-ij3on 2 года назад +36

    "90% of us is bacteria"
    Me, a germaphobe: This is why I hate myself so much?

    • @JasperPeters
      @JasperPeters Год назад +4

      Tbf it's not actually true. Or at least, it's sort of true but not in the way I would imagine most people would interpet that statement.
      Of all cells in your body ~90% of them really are germs (mostly harmless or benificial ones). However that's because they tend to be smaller than most of your body's own cells. You're not 90% microbe by mass nor volume, just by cell count.

  • @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde
    @RaffaelloLorenzusSayde 6 месяцев назад +5

    I live with germs, and that's what made my immune system stronger. For example, I dig soil with my bear hands, I eat food without cleaning my hands first, I walk bear foot on the streets at times, etc.

  • @Mimmie.
    @Mimmie. 5 месяцев назад +3

    I have a problem with thinking nothing is ever clean. It causes two polarizing effects with me. I'd like to learn to get better.

  • @jordanfreidel1751
    @jordanfreidel1751 4 года назад +16

    1:34 look at the moving text at the bottom of the screen, keep in mind this was in 2013.

  • @ladybyronpoe9954
    @ladybyronpoe9954 4 года назад +25

    I am not really scared about regular germs anymore. My mind found all the exotic forms of germ life on this planet and is now scared of them 😂😂😂😂 congrats to me 🙏 wish I was still scared of plain old regular ones

    • @yummy99
      @yummy99 Год назад +3

      Wtf😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @stacyannjohnson4219
    @stacyannjohnson4219 2 года назад +4

    I realized I have this OCD this bad when I started working as A PSW. I am driving myself crazy everything is contaminated.

  • @leometal123
    @leometal123 8 лет назад +10

    But what about dangerous things like H1N1? How to 'select' what to be exposed to?

    • @bannedagain1784
      @bannedagain1784 2 года назад

      Simple don't worry let your amune fight like hell

    • @prophecy5886
      @prophecy5886 Год назад +2

      @@bannedagain1784 I don't want to get sick and die.
      The simple idea of anything nasty being inside of me makes me cringe.
      If I ever get sneezed on or inhale someone else's cough I will spend the rest of the next hour coughing on purpose or even going to the toilet to spit.

  • @diodoruscronus
    @diodoruscronus Год назад +3

    I mean theres basic germs and theres people who sleep in their bed without showering and i never quite understood walking in the house with my shoes after ive been out clubbing with them, or on a farm where cows have just peed on. Jist take them off.

  • @dontmindme686
    @dontmindme686 2 года назад +10

    Im a germaphobe which is basically a form of contamination OCD and its ruining me.. Specially now w covid around and a kid w chronic lung decease I AM LOOSING MY MIND!!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jasonshowmaker6330
    @jasonshowmaker6330 4 месяца назад

    I really appreciate this insight!

  • @Serenity-schrimp
    @Serenity-schrimp 2 месяца назад

    my brother is having a germaphobia. i realized it today. and i want to find a way to help him.

  • @noelleoakley9043
    @noelleoakley9043 4 года назад +10

    I have a small amount a germ o phobia and what I here is that you want me to lick a wall

    • @BLAZE084
      @BLAZE084 4 года назад +6

      Noelle Oakley Sheiks or Sultans (can’t remember) would pour very small amounts of potent poisons in their food regularly and overtime they became immune to many varieties of poisons. It’s the same with our bodies: you get some exposure to update your immune system.

    • @otakuparadise3585
      @otakuparadise3585 3 года назад +2

      It will get worse over time if not stopped iv had germ aphobia for over 15 years and it so stressful and aggravate me at time it like a bullie inside your head

  • @timcook4552
    @timcook4552 4 года назад +40

    I'm a germaphobe and I realize you can't really win.

    • @lexer0078
      @lexer0078 4 года назад +7

      Yes you can!

    • @otakuparadise3585
      @otakuparadise3585 3 года назад +3

      Tmyou can but it not easy I wanna try to fight this but I kinda feel sick amd wanna cry inside but I wanna try anyways even if it mean if therea place to go therapy or something mine super bad >.

  • @l0v3lyv1ruxs6
    @l0v3lyv1ruxs6 Год назад +1

    i didnt even know you could develope germaphobia or smth similar to it till a few days ago and now i dont feel like doing anything anymore.

    • @l0v3lyv1ruxs6
      @l0v3lyv1ruxs6 Год назад +1

      including breathe. cuz then I'll cry and get a headache and need to lay down but be too stubborn cleaning my fu¢king bed.

  • @Lll-e3h
    @Lll-e3h Месяц назад

    Thanks 🙏🏻🤍

  • @BLAZE084
    @BLAZE084 4 года назад +16

    I feel there are people who have such comfortable lives that they look for problems where there are none. Anything done in excess is bad, even cleanliness. You can only do so much. You’re putting yourself more at risk by making those bad germs more resistant to these disinfectants. Because then, companies need to make these products more potent and therefore more toxic for even you the consumer... it makes no sense to be so over excessively clean.

    • @Mirsab
      @Mirsab 4 года назад +17

      It's not rational, that's the problem germophobia is an irrational fear of germs.

    • @ishanabasnett
      @ishanabasnett 3 года назад +9

      It's illogical ik but we can't control it and that's just very frustrating

    • @harsh_shantoriya
      @harsh_shantoriya 2 года назад +5

      @@ishanabasnett that's the problem I just can't help it everybody around me is like dude you're crazy

    • @davidstearns4624
      @davidstearns4624 Год назад +2

      Unless you have OCD and can't control it, but I get what you mean

  • @saritathapa3872
    @saritathapa3872 5 месяцев назад

    It's making my life so hard idk what to do anymore 😭do you guys have advice or suggestions that can make it better?

    • @novarosa24
      @novarosa24 4 месяца назад +1

      Check out ERP and working with a professional who specializes in ocd and germaphobia. NAC supplement has helped me. There's studies showing the effectiveness and it's been a game changer. I recommend the brand pure encapsulation. I wish you luck ❤

  • @setayeshp.r3709
    @setayeshp.r3709 Год назад

    amazing

  • @xcorpsstudios380
    @xcorpsstudios380 2 года назад +1

    I have a fear of germs

  • @leahfi
    @leahfi Год назад +1

    woody allen??? lol

  • @gridmorf1231
    @gridmorf1231 Год назад +2

    Bro looks like a germ himself somehow

  • @DEEJAYSHR3D
    @DEEJAYSHR3D 4 года назад

    My GF is a germaphobe it’s exhausting

    • @sophiatai3875
      @sophiatai3875 2 года назад +20

      Well think about how she feels. She's the one going through it. It's worse for her. Leave her alone!!

    • @M33838
      @M33838 7 месяцев назад +4

      Help her or if you cant go she will.find better