My wife wont stop washing her hands, help?
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I agree with the others that it sounds like your wife has OCD.  I pasted some info. below, and there is more if you go to the website.  Encourage your wife to speak to her doctor about this; he/she can give her a referral to a psychiatrist.  If your wife is resistant to the idea, show her this info., or the info. on the website; maybe that will convince her.  Good luck.\n\n\nTypical Compulsions\nCompulsions are repetitive, often ritualized behaviors that are intended to suppress the anxiety caused by obsessions. Compulsions common in OCD are the following:\n\n    * Asking for assurances\n    * Avoiding places or situations\n    * Cleaning\n    * Counting\n    * Doing certain tasks slowly and deliberately\n    * Doubting and checking, e.g., locks, lights, and ovens\n    * Hoarding possessions\n    * Ordering or arranging\n    * Repeating behaviors, including speech and action\n    * Washing, e.g., excessive hand-washing or bathing \n\nTypical Obsessions\nObsessions are recurrent, intrusive, and unwanted thoughts, impulses, or images that cause significant anxiety. At first the obsession may be experienced as relatively benign. Over time, the person associates it with fear and disabling anxiety. Obsessions fall into the following common thematic categories:\n\n    * Fear of contamination with dirt, germs, or poisons\n    * Fear of having a serious illness\n    * Fear that ones actions hurt other people or cause bad things to happen\n    * Inability to discard useless items (hoarding)\n    * Inappropriate sexual and aggressive thoughts and images\n    * Need for symmetry, order, or exactness
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I sometimes have similar problems cleaning after myself.  I found that my surroundings are simply a reflection of my state of mind.  I did find a book called The Messies Manual...  It starts by searching out the root of the problem.  There is also a website and also support groups that can be really helpful.  \n\nI will say that I work better when I'm not hounded.  I understand that it was difficult for others to live in those conditions, but when they say things, I tended to feel as though they were attacking me as a person.(I now know that's not the case) A messie's mind just works differently.  \n\nSo my advice to you is to choose your words wisely.  Don't discuss the issue when you are at the peak of your frustration-That will only lead to her getting defensive and becoming non responsive.  Try to remember that messie-ness is not a reflection of how good of a person she is, but a symptom of her inability/lack of knowledge as to how to organize things & thoughts effectively.\n\nMaybe you could have someone come and clean the place from top to bottom once, then talk to her about getting help(we all need help for something or other)- whether its through books, support groups, or counseling/training. \n\nShe's your wife, so I'm sure you love her and just want what's best for her (and you).  Just remember that you can't "fix" her.  That's not your job nor your place.  Just be supportive and try to be understanding. She has to make the decision to change on her own.\n\nIT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR HER TO CHANGE!!!
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Women's shelters, friends, AA, family members, church help, etc.\n\nTake her somewhere & tell her it is only because you CARE that you want to help her.\n\nDon't make her feel like you are judging her about drinking but print off some info on the Internet for her about what it does to your liver, your skin, etc. Get her interested in activities with her kids in the evening so she can't drink so much. Just sit down and talk to her, calmly, with a  compassionate heart and all the caring & love in the world. It won't be easy but it is a start. Good luck!
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Call her OBGYN.  She might have an increase of yeast infections due to hormonal changes that affect her PH balance.  I hear that eating yogurt is a great way to help prevent future out breaks due to the bacteria in yogurt.  Like previous answers check the boxes.  If she is having chronic outbreaks make sure that she gets checked and even rx some medicine.  Congrats on the baby!!!
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my wife uses lemons under her arms. as well as her private areas. seems to work. just rub the pulp from the lemon daily after showering and it will dissipate soon.
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My Wife's A*s Has Zits?
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I would say you should just be honest with her and voice your concerns. Ask her outright is she's having a problem. You're married to her and honesty is probably your best route. Just let her know that you want to help her and you care about her... Otherwise, if you don't mind risking getting caught and having a very angry wife if she finds out, you could buy a drug test. They sell them online. I suppose you could trick your wife into giving a urine sample somehow... maybe tell her you want to try something new in your sex life? Or just stick a bowl or something in the toilet and hope she doesn't see it? Maybe if you get in good with her doctor you could ask him to give her a drug test without telling her?
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Wash your hands, wash your hands,did I say wash your hands
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Take a shower with her and clean it with soap and water. Just make sure you rinse it good before munching.
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LOL, good one...\n\nI would say, just stop showering...
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Soap.  Water.  Shower.  Finger.  Daily.
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Get to know your kids interests, and if its baseball take them to a game, play catch in the back yard. Try to enjoy their interests with them and show them the ropes on some of your own, lets say you like NASCAR teach them how the cars are designed to go faster. With your wife. Find out what you can do around the house to keep her stress level lower, maybe she just would like help with the dishes or help folding laundry, they arnt chores if you find time to do it together and have a good time joking around in the process. Let her know she can vent to you about her day, and when she has a problem ask her if there is anything you can do to help fix it. if she says no then just take it as she just needed to let off some steam and talk to someone about it. But just cause your asking this makes me think your a good husband and a good dad because you care enough to try to be better :)
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was he not like this when you married him?\n\nor has he slumped down badly into this habit of not washing?!\n\ni know it sounds horrible, but you have to tell him.\n\ni really believe that when people dont wash for so long they dont realise that they smell. its like if you have perfume on for a long time other people can smel it but you cant, cos you are so used to the smell.\n\nbut he should have cottoned onto the fact that it is wrong and he should be making the effort.\n\nno matter how hard it is you have to give him an ultimatum and put it to him that either he washes more frequently or thats it.\n\nsleepin in a spare bedroom without sex and attention isnt a good relationship for anyone to be in.\n\ngood luck
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Let's have mercy on this poor dishwashing woman.\n\nShe has NOT washed dishes since yesterday.
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Washing your hands is always the best thing. If nothing else is available, then sanitizer is the next best thing.
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I don't know how or why she's being a "beach", but I can tell you that you can't MAKE anyone do anything.  The only person on this earth you can change is yourself.  So my advice to you is make sure you are being the right kind of husband, no matter what she does or says.  Don't let her provoke you into behaving badly.  I know, easier said than done, but that is about your only option, other than ending the marriage, which it doesn't sound like you want to do.  Get yourself some good books on marriage and how to be the ideal husband.  Work on yourself.  It just might do her some good!
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TALK to you dr about cyclosporine. it worked wonders for my wife