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What Causes Addiction To Dettol Smell?

hi...i have always loved the smell of coal tar and my mum was addicted to smelling jeyes fluid when pregnant with me... at the age of 46 i cannot have a bath with out at least 1/4 of a bottle of Dettol in it...half or a full bottle would be ideal....wierd but i also smell the sponge full of it in the bath and then top it up to smell when i go to bed ???? normal ???/
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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IT IS AN OBSESANALDISORDER. IT IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM. TO GET RID OF IT YOU HAVE TO GO FOR COUNSELING BY CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IT IS NOT NORMAL. REMEDIAL MEASURE IS REQUIRED.
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What Causes Addiction To Dettol Smell?

IT IS AN OBSESANALDISORDER. IT IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM. TO GET RID OF IT YOU HAVE TO GO FOR COUNSELING BY CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST IT IS NOT NORMAL. REMEDIAL MEASURE IS REQUIRED.