Do you think I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? I am doing my dishes, doing my laundry, and am about to take my second January shower!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205745)
Walnut Creek, California
January 18, 2022 4:43pm CST
I was a victim of a pretty severe crime a few years ago and was diagnosed with PTSD. But it never occurred to me that I might have OCD.
I am currently doing laundry (including a pillow case to make @Vandana happy) and my dishes.
In addition, I am about to step into the shower for what is already my second 2022 shower.
Would you describe me as a clean-freak?
In any case, I have to head off to Guitar Center, so I'm gong to grab my clothes from the dryer, fold the t-shirts (in perfect thirds), and head out.
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@marguicha (215423)
• Chile
18 Jan 22
Yes. I would. Why do you have to take TWO showers in winter? Once in a while I take 2 in a day in summer.
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan 22
@marguicha You MUST be OCD!
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Jan 22
Are you washing dishes by hand or in a dishwasher? If by hand, do you arrange them by size on the dish drying rack. I do. They have to go from smallest to biggest.
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jan 22
@lovebuglena I do not arrange them from big to small. I only charged you $50 for therapy. (I used my dishwasher today.)
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Jan 22
@TheHorse I lost you with that comment. What are you talking about?
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
18 Jan 22
Do you fold the sleeves inside your shirt after the first fold? If so, you might seek professional help. I have a friend who charges $450 an hour to help people like you.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
18 Jan 22
@TheHorse You told me that's what you charge per hour.
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil Only for "special" people like you.
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
18 Jan 22
Surely you didn't mean you've only had two showers since Jan 1? Or is this your tongue in cheek again?
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
19 Jan 22
2 showers already this month
That's a lot
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan 22
@JimBo452020 I may even take another shower today, as I have a really long day of music teaching ahead of me.
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@MarieCoyle (28506)
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18 Jan 22
One of my sons is OCD. He is better with it as an adult than he was as a teen. He had a thing about germs, sometimes it kicks in really bad, and he will wash his hands until they are raw. If he takes his OCD med the way he is supposed to, he doesn't do that, thank goodness. There were some other stressors, he used to get freaked out if he found a hair on his clothes and the hair wasn't his. He would sanitize everything, doorknobs, etc. but thankfully that didn't last long. OCD is real and people who have it can really struggle. I am thankful for whatever med he takes for it, because it makes his life and everyone else's a lot easier.
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@MarieCoyle (28506)
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19 Jan 22
@sharon6345
I think the sanitizing of hands before handling food is a smart thing to do.
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
19 Jan 22
I missed the OCD part. I am sort of obsessed with bathing myself. In the winter I take a shower in the morning, and often a bath at night..just for relaxation and warmth more than for cleanliness.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Jan 22
I get panicky lots of time when I have go somewhere. I think I am a borderline panic attack type person.
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
19 Jan 22
Two showers???? In one month????? You Rich Coastal Elites really have lost touch with what it's like to be a real person!
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse Well, at least that's something. A couple of weeks a year, you act like a real person.
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 22
@xander6464 Precisely. And I get 'er done.
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
19 Jan 22
I have to do things a certain way and don't like it when someone changes that routine. Is that OCD? Sorry you have PTSD. I may take my second shower this weekend. lolololol
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@LindaOHio (156159)
• United States
20 Jan 22
@TheHorse Second shower for the year -- just like you. lololol
@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
19 Jan 22
i suspect there is more layers here to peel.
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@TheHorse (205745)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jan 22
@DocAndersen Infinite? Are you going to make me think about philosophical things at this hour?
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
19 Jan 22
@TheHorse a pal told me that you could in fact rinse and repeat just one time, that the second repeat wasn't infinite!
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@wolfgirl569 (95165)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jan 22
You may be getting that way since you are taking a second shower already
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jan 22
Certainly not you are just doing what has to be done, I often fill up my sink with dishes ll day long and then I realize I must wash them itf I want to make any new food, Just things that must be done, I am in a dilemma with the arctic cold here and no hearing I cannot take a shower now or I'll get a very bad head cold,
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@stewartclint (205)
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19 Jan 22
I'm sure you meant that in fondness. Happy cleaning! Er, I think you still have grease in one of your spoons there...
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