First things first, germaphobia is not a real thing. It is not an actual phobia. If you actually have a legitimate phobia of germs, it is called mysophobia. A germaphobe is someone that doesn't like being dirty.

Now that we have that out of the way...

Are you a germaphobe? I am. I hate being dirty. I am constantly washing my hands and trying to keep myself clean. The first thing that I do when I get home is wash my hands.

What about you? Are you a germaphobe?

I'm not too much of one, I don't always wash my hands or anything like that, but is will not go to bed at night if I haven't showered. There is sweat and dust all over me and I will just not sleep with that.

I'm pretty germaphobic. I'm just disgusted by unhygienic practices.

I take two short-ish showers, once in the morning, and once after working out. I'm also a frequent hand-washer.

It feels good to be clean, so I have no problem with with the time it takes to keep myself that way.

I used to be bad about that but I've taught myself not to care so much. I'd dry my skin out bad from constantly washing my hands, taking multiple showers. I get real dirty pretty often now-a-days though from work, I couldn't imagine being the way I was in my situation now.  Besides, it helps your immune system or something like that haha. The only real issues I have now are I cannot stand if my hair is dirty, it makes me feel so gross and I can't go to sleep dirty cause just ew, why would I do that? I don't want to make my sheets an stuff dirty, they smell nice.

I'm pretty sure I remember a thread about this in existence, though it might have closed down already. XD

I'm not a germophobe at all. That being said, I appreciate cleanliness and always want to be clean. I think most people who answer 'yes' here won't be taking the question seriously, as germophobia can actually be a debilitating disorder (as in, it drastically affects your ability to operate rationally and normally).

My mother is probably the closest to 'germophobe' that I know. She keeps a paper towel draped over whatever cup she's using.... at all times. This is to keep anything from floating into her drink. I remember one time too, she didn't want to eat at my house because she thought she saw a piece of gravel on my table. XD  I don't think she's that bad about it any more, but I feel like I'm becoming her.  Dirtiness is starting to bother me more and more as I age.

I wouldn't say I am a germaphobe, but I do appreciate cleanliness and I do my absolute best to make sure that I have and practice proper hygiene on a daily basis. I shower every day and I wash my hands about as thoroughly as you can get. I dislike being dirty but, I wont panic and freak out if it should happen because germs, and being dirty are just a part of life that you can't necessarily eliminate. 


That being said I prefer being clean to being dirty and I will do whatever it takes to ensure that it stays that way at all times. 

Definitely not. I mean, in a sense I am, because I like to keep my room clean and what not, but what people generally think a germaphobe is? No. 

thing1 : Keeping your room clean is not really being a germaphobe, that is just being neat. Germaphobes are more concerned with keeping their bodies clean.

Hardly. I shower every day and brush my teeth, but I rarely ever wash my hands. I only ever do so when it's a special occasion and doing so is a MUST. For example, a dance when I'll tango with a pretty girl .

I just came home from rolling in sand on the beach and eating berries with dirty hands, so nope, I'm definitely not a germaphobe. I do enjoy being clean and I shower daily, but I think that's only normal.

Yes, I'm a germaphobe. After hanging out with me at a house for a while in real life, it should be pretty obvious. The skin of my hands usually gets really dry because I wash my hands a lot. I typically don't want to eat a large amount of food if I haven't washed my hands very recently. I almost always freak out a lot inside if I'm around someone that's sick or I've touched something very dirty.

Yeah, I am, but mostly just concerning my room. Don't get me wrong, I like things to be clean and I'm a stickler for hygiene every day, but I will go out and work in the garden, go fishing and get all dirty and stuff like that. But as soon as I'm near a sink, I'm washing my hands like crazy. I just wont go in my room and touch my stuff, like comics, Xbox, collectibles, etc, until I've had a shower. I'm weird that way. 

I am not a germaphobe I think besides having to clean my hands if I see germx anywhere(I do clean my hands even I don't see germx before anybody asks) besides that don't have a problem with other things usually.

Nah, I'm not a germaphobe at all. I don't really clean my room like a maniac or anything like that. But I do know my own hygiene. But that's about the closest you'll see me like that.

I take a couple showers a day. The first varies depending on how I feel that day, so I could end up taking on in the morning or night, and the other is after I go for a run. I also wash my hands rather frequently, and I brush my teeth a decent bit too. I also do not like feeling sticky or dirty in general. It just feels, not good, but I feel like this is regular. I would not consider myself a germaphobe, but rather someone who feels like taking care of themselves with the resources available. 

I don't consider myself one at all but I do keep my room clean, brush my teeth twice a day, wash my hands after using the bathroom and shower twice a day. That's normal for me and it has nothing to do with " I must get clean ! Oh god I stink ! Ew, that doesn't look right " I'm nothing like that. xD

Not really. I take a shower daily and I wash my hands after I went to the toilet (I've seen many people at my school who don't do that, even a teacher, EEWW) but I don't really care to miss a shower once or not wash my hands when I picked up something from the ground that just fell.

I'm not but my mother is, she's the most cleanest person I've ever known. She'll spend hours cleaning the apartment and she often cleans the spots she's already cleaned. For me,  I always shower daily, and make sure I'm in shipshape before going out there to greet the world.

tgags123 : I'm somewhat in between. Sometimes I care if I'm dirty, but most of the time, I don't care. My brother, father, and mother are the real germaphobes. They wash their hands all the time and my dad hates it when I wear socks that have holes in them.