For example, I feel very uncomfortable sitting on any kind of soft, used fabric couches or cushions even if they look clean. I just don’t like the idea that it has been used by everyone and absorbed everyones scents and smells?
I don’t feel the same way about hard surfaces like leather or wood or even just hard fabric, but if it’s hard fabric I feel like it also needs to be a light enough color that I can see if the surface is clean? If its like a dark leather or dark wood I really don’t mind because it’s wipeable and non porous and so probably clean
I also experience something similar with grass: I can’t walk on soft grass. Especially if it’s damp with mud underneath, but I’m fine with short, dry grass. It seems like anything soft underneath makes me really uncomfortable.
I have other more obvious OCD symptoms which might explain it. I just dont understand how some people can just sit or lay on soft used pillows/couches especially public ones