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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Amused
The funny thing? Your irrational fear of germs is called "Spermophobia."

http://psychology.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/Spermatophobia.htm

Our excessive fear of germs and anti-septic society has had an ill effect on our immune systems. It's the main suspect as one of the reasons for the explosion of a whole host of auto-immune disorders.

Maybe your fear of auto-immune disorders is the source of your irrational non-fear of germs... or something... :p