Superstitions - Help!!

[Wilberforce1]

Ok so no one ever told me that I'm not allowed to do washing on NYD and now I'm going to sound like a right weirdo but I've done 3 loads today and I'm stressing over it.

I've recently been put on medication for severe health anxiety as I'm constantly worrying about illness and dying and my "friend" said in a message that she couldn't believe I had done washing today because it will bring me bad luck for the rest of the year or someone will die 😫 I know deep down that it's ridiculous and my washing machine isn't going to kill me but I'm pretty much hyperventilating here and stressing that I've ruined my year ahead. Dh is massively pissed off with me and basically just told me to shut up and stop being an idiot but I can't help it, I'm usually so careful with stuff because it all sets off my anxiety. Those FB chain messages etc that tell me I'm going to die if I don't forward them to 500 friends stress me out but my dh deletes them for me.

Please tell me it's all a load of shit and I'm actually going to be fine.

It is load of shit.
If laundry needs doing, it needs doing.
You can't wash away luck, or a life, or anything like that.

Your friend is an idiot. And if she knows about your anxiety, she is not your friend, she is cruel.

Give your meds time to kick in, and maybe as your GP about talking therapy.

I only heard about the not washing on NY day quite recently.

I reckon it was some canny woman who wanted a break from domestic drudgery who made it up.

Utter claptrap! Yes, bad things may happen, someone might die but that is life, nothing to do with anyone getting their washing done.

Tell her that doing your washing is a sure fire way to ensure a bright and sparkling future!

It’s a Scottish old wives tale. Basically the house gets absolutely scrubbed on Hogmanay for first footers and to start the new year on a clean slate. In the old days walks were washed down and anything that stood still long enough was scrubbed. It was then said any cleaning on New Year’s Day washed you luck away, a laundry loaf would wash away a life. Even taking the rubbish out was throwing away prosperity. It is nonsense like Friday 13th and just a tradition in Scotland.

Nobody wanted to clean on New Year’s Day to be fair as the party at night usually went on until the wee small hours with some sore heads the next day....