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Is it Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (heavy on the O) or control freak?
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 438635" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Well, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. That said, I was just like KT before I got sick. And even though I'm sick and have a hard time keeping up with the house, I still don't like anyone else to do it because they don't do it right (read: my way). For a while, my mom would come up and clean and while I really appreciated it, I would spend the next week on a treasure hunt trying to find things. Things have a specific place, cleaning is done in a specific order with specific products, etc. I often get sidetracked when cleaning because I find a cupboard (or something else) that is jumbled and I have to stop and fix it. That becomes really frustrating when you have set a time limit - I would figure in my head how long it would take to do the kitchen, to dust, to vacuum, to clean the bathrooms, to mop, and if it took me longer I would become very annoyed. And it always did because I always found something that needed "fixed". I don't know what was/is the driving factor with me, other than I can't relax in my house when things aren't just so. It doesn't apply to another's house, though. It also feels *really* good when my house is done the way I like it. I'll just sit in the living room, look around, and sigh contentedly. </p><p></p><p>It does have it's benefits. Years ago my boyfriend got tickets to a concert last minute. I was at work in work clothes and not at all dressed for a rock concert, so I sent him to my house to pick up what I would need. And I was able to tell him with exact precision where everything was, i.e., my foundation is in the bottom drawer of the vanity, in the green tray, front left corner. He was amazed. </p><p></p><p>A likes to clean and keep busy, but she never seems to put something in the same place twice - and sometimes you find things in really odd places. She just doesn't like to be still - always has to be moving. That was probably a lot of it for me, too. However, I still feel the compulsion even though I'm not physically able to keep up with it...so I don't know what's behind it. It didn't interfere with my life, so I never really worried about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 438635, member: 7083"] Well, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. That said, I was just like KT before I got sick. And even though I'm sick and have a hard time keeping up with the house, I still don't like anyone else to do it because they don't do it right (read: my way). For a while, my mom would come up and clean and while I really appreciated it, I would spend the next week on a treasure hunt trying to find things. Things have a specific place, cleaning is done in a specific order with specific products, etc. I often get sidetracked when cleaning because I find a cupboard (or something else) that is jumbled and I have to stop and fix it. That becomes really frustrating when you have set a time limit - I would figure in my head how long it would take to do the kitchen, to dust, to vacuum, to clean the bathrooms, to mop, and if it took me longer I would become very annoyed. And it always did because I always found something that needed "fixed". I don't know what was/is the driving factor with me, other than I can't relax in my house when things aren't just so. It doesn't apply to another's house, though. It also feels *really* good when my house is done the way I like it. I'll just sit in the living room, look around, and sigh contentedly. It does have it's benefits. Years ago my boyfriend got tickets to a concert last minute. I was at work in work clothes and not at all dressed for a rock concert, so I sent him to my house to pick up what I would need. And I was able to tell him with exact precision where everything was, i.e., my foundation is in the bottom drawer of the vanity, in the green tray, front left corner. He was amazed. A likes to clean and keep busy, but she never seems to put something in the same place twice - and sometimes you find things in really odd places. She just doesn't like to be still - always has to be moving. That was probably a lot of it for me, too. However, I still feel the compulsion even though I'm not physically able to keep up with it...so I don't know what's behind it. It didn't interfere with my life, so I never really worried about it. [/QUOTE]
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