To worry about the germs that might come with a library book?

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I think I suffer from health anxiety and now it's spreading to worrying about things that have never crossed my mind until now.....

We are big readers and to keep up with the amount DC read we regularly borrow from the library but now I'm freaking out about all the germs and creepy crawlies (bed bugs mainly) that we might be bringing into our home.

AIBU to never want to borrow a library book again?!

I don't wish this in an unkind way because anxiety of any sort is awful.

But you could op, end up living a really long and healthy life but a really miserable one! When they open a book, do you want your DC to be excited about the story it contains, or afraid about the possibility of harmful germs?

It's fine if you still continue to get books out of the library, but if you stop because of cleanliness reasons, then maybe seeking help might be a good idea.

How old are your DC op? I think it's very "normal" for a mother's natural protective instinct to tip over in to anxiety. It often wears off when DC get older though.

One more thing, ime, when serious illness strikes a family, it's totally arbitrary and out of the blue. Sorry to say it but something really awful like cancer (in my extended family anyway) is indiscriminate when it comes to age, living circumstances, hygiene standards etc.

I was a maniacal reader from when I was about 7, devouring vast quantities of books, needless to say from the public library, as my parents were not especially rich. I am now nearly 55. I am alive and healthy. In the kindest possible way, if you truly believe what you have written, OP, please, it's time to see a mental health professional.

Library copies of 50 Shades of Grey were found to carry traces of herpes and cocaine.

Sorry if this has already been said

Library copies of 50 Shades of Grey were found to carry traces of herpes and cocaine.

Sorry if this has already been said

And here lies my issue
Money (notes) are also my fear!

Tbh anyone reading 50 Shades of Grey deserves any nasties that might be on the books.