Please someone help me

Okay you guys, I can not find any such phobia listed of this or fear that has a name. I dont know what you would call it, but I am scared to death of getting soap on me and not getting it rinsed off. It is really bad. If I touch any kind of soap, it has to get rinsed off all the way or I will go nuts because I dont want to itch. It has gotten so bad that even if I see someone else not get all the soap off them, or touch soap, I can not let them touch me or touch anything that I will touch for fear of getting it on me from it transferring from them. I am married with two kids and when my kids come home from school I make them rinse their hands because I am afraid someone at school washed their hands and didnt get all the soap off and then my kids touched the facet and still have soap on them. I dont want them to touch anything here and then it get on me. It is out of control and I dont know what to do. I am not a dirty person by no means, I take showers, clean my house, my kids, etc., but have got to get all the soap off. If I open a door and it feels slick like soap, I cant deal with it, has to be rinsed off. If I pick up a bottle of shampoo to buy and see something on it, I have to rinse it off and my hands. Is there anybody that can help me or give me any direction on what to do about this? I am putting my family through heck having to deal with me because I dont want any soap on anything. I know it sounds absurb, but I dont know what to do about it.

Hi there!

It does sound like some kind of obsessivness. This obviously causes anxiety right? Does getting soap on you make you think anything else is going to happen except for the itching?
Don´t worry about sounding absurd, it is an absurd decise which all here sufferes from.
The thing is that the obsession believe itself to have a purpose but in real life it really doesn´t. What you need to do is to over and over tell yourself soap is not bad and so what if it would itch and all those things you already know.

Tell me more.

Be well, Lovisa.

Yes, it causes a great deal of anxiety with me, it has started to rule my life 24/7 worrying so much about what might have soap on it. I even go to Walmart and if I see like something white on the cart, I think it may be from where someone got powdered detergent and it got on the cart, or when I put my things on the belt at the checkout line and see something on there that looks like soap. I have really sensitive skin anyway, and I know if you dont rinse soap off your skin it will itch and even burn sometimes just non-stop and drive me crazy! I cant stand the feeling of that slick filmy feeling either when I touch something because I am afraid someone didnt get all the soap off their hands and have touched it and now I have soap on me.....You wouldnt believe how cautious I am about everything I do and where I go making sure I dont get soap on me without it getting rinsed off. I wish so bad it would just go away and I wouldnt even think about it, but it is constantly there in my head and I am so aware all the time!

Hello,

I know this post is very old but I am hoping someone will see this and respond. I have the same problem with soap. I have very sensitive skin and have and have to always make sure that I constantly get the soap off because I feel like if I leave any residue on my body it will cause irritation. I know this is irrational but I can't seem to break it. Someone help me please, if you can.