To ask what a normal reaction to dog poo would be?

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I have ocd and I struggle to know what's a normal reaction and what's ocd-
If your 5 year old stepped in dog poo, but you didn't notice until the next day (not loads about a 20p size amount but could have been more and been walked off I suppose)- so they would have been at school with it still on their shoe and they grab the sole of their shoe when putting shoes on.
would you clean their shoes and leave it at that?
clean their shoes and stick their coat and bag in the washing machine (because they'd likely have touched the shoe and then coat etc) and wipe over the back seat in the car where they were kicking the seat with said shoes on whilst sat in the car seat?

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Clean the shoe. Stick anything you can in the washing machine and wipe down car with anti bac wipes.

Only infected dogs have anything that will damage a child and iirc it's not just a brief touch of dog poo that will do any damage,it has to be rubbed into the eyes. Not pleasant but just clean it.

Just do what mages you comfortable.

I’d clean the bottom shoe outside with lots of water and bleach, probably and the whole lot too plus the entrance thoroughly and the shoe rack at the entrance

if I could, I’d probably chuck ‘em all away ( I wouldn’t, hopefully . The guilt of waste the environment etc)

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This exactly. No need doing what others would if you’ll spend the rest of your time uncomfortable

clean shoes and scrub hands and calm down!

This.

I'd clean the shoes,.wash DC hands (albeit pointless at this point but would make me feel better 😆), then I would sniff the car seat/coat etc and clean it if you smell dog poo. If not don't bother.

Same. I’ve thrown shoes away before because of it.
if I’ve pushed a pram through it I’ve left it outside till dh was home to clean it

Simple Solution make a spray that’s good for cleaning pet poo. (I think Dr Beckmann, Vanish, HG do them too but SS is the one I have.) Has enzymes in it that break down bacteria. I use it if one of us steps in something. We don’t have pets ourselves but we live on a dog walk route and some people don’t pick up after their dogs. It’s useful stuff — I use it on shoes, doormats, carpet, car mats etc.

I think your reaction is reasonable

I'd clean the shoe with the garden hose. I'd check the car - if nothing to see do nothing. As you probably know, your OCD is controlling your thoughts. Are you taking medication and receiving support? I speak as someone who suffered for about 25 years, after a very traumatic and related event. I know your thoughts spiral, and it all seems very rational, because your assessment of risk is way off. I'm posting because I want you to know you don't have to continue thinking like this. I don't anymore.

I understand the reasoning of this but I have severe ocd so absolutely nothing will make me comfortable and I don't really have a sense of what is a reasonable reaction- I try to just do what others would do in the same situation and then leave it otherwise my reaction would be way over the top

Def clean the shoe while gagging.
Wipe the car and I think I would use the opportunity to wash the bag and coat as they are often the things that need a way now and again but get pushed back.
I think now it's in your mind you're not going to relax unless it's all washed.
You would smell only a teeny amount if he had spread it about so trust your nose and keep it in perspective.

I would just clean the shoes.

Clean their shoes, have them wash their hands thoroughly, clean the car footwell. Inspect the hall floor closely and probably give it a mop down.

This is what I'd do.

Also, give child a bath and pray.

I’d clean the shoes and then check the car/coat for any sign/smell. I’d assume if it were anywhere else you’d smell it.

Wash it off the shoe, wash childrens hands if you can close to when it happened, clean anything else if you can smell it or see it. The rest is way OTT and those behaviours will cause your OCD to spiral. We all have to tolerate about some fears dirt and germs as the only way to avoid these would be to live in a hermetically sealed bubble.

I’d scrub the shoe off then forget about it until the next time, which would undoubtedly be soon.

Throwing away coats is madness but it’s your money to burn.

Hello i am struggling with ocd the last 10 years on and off, last 4 years about dog poop, uncertainty and everything that comes in contact with a potentially poop dirty shoe, i read now that you don't think like this anymore, what helped you to overcome this?

Clean shoes, coat and bag. Disinfect where he has sat and would have kicked the car surfaces, and where his shoe's would have touched the floor at home.

I am funny about poo and germs though

Blitz shoes with boiling water and spritz of zoflora, boil wash coat and car seat plus good spritz of zoflora, plus wipe down whole car with antibacterials. I would do this in my oldest clothes that could be boil washed too. Basically I developed a decontamination technique during covid which is still used for dog poo etc.
I will add that I am ND and do not do things by half--when my my children were babies I had decontamination protocols for supermarket trollies etc.
I am having some therapy for this as I am aware that I have a problem, and I hope it starts working soon -,I started panicking just reading your op.

I would clean the shoes the clothes the car seat anything that I thought I'd come in contact with. But unless your son is not neurotypical I think five is plenty old enough to know better than to be kicking the car seats or putting your dirty hands in your mouth. At least it was for my children.