Accused of having OCD!

Hmm.. don't feel offended from what i am going to say. I'm a health profesional and met different type of peoples from different walks of life with different kind of attitude. So we can expect different opinion... I read all the comments here.. and i feel a bit dissapointed. One thing that i want to change is the perception of mental illness. Mental illness is not bad thing. It is just like any other disease, it caused by the changes in the brain neurotransmitter... it is only a DISEASE. So please don't view OCD like something bad. Because these type of perception many peoples out there go undiagnosed or afraid to seek for help because afraid people may look down upon them Please help them.....

Oh absolutely, every one else is just lazier than I am. I really don't think wanting to have a clean house is a form of OCD. Unless you are like one of my cousin's neighbors. She wouldn't let her son do anything in his bedroom but sleep. He would have to stay in the kitchen where she could be sure he wasn't making a mess. She was constantly sweeping her driveway, porch, and patio. She had plastic covers on all her furniture, but no one could sit on it. She had white...WHITE.... rugs and no one was allowed to walk on the carpet, ever! I really don't know how her husband and kid put up with her. One time my cousin's son and hers were playing out in the snow. She had just shovelled her driveway. Well, god forbid, they got a drop, and I mean a drop of snow on the driveway and she came out of the house yelling that they were messing up the driveway. Talk about OCD, geez.

I used to be but I got where if the others dont help I just do what I can thats it. Am tired of no one doing anything byut me then my daughter says the same thing so we just dont agree on how clean the house is lol

YES!!! My family makes fun of me all the time. My mom, dad, and brother are all the same way. My stepmom and stepbrothers make fun of us about it. I just don't see why someone would want to sit around while things just lay around the house. I am crazy about the floors too, only the kitchen and bathrooms, not so much the carpet. If I walk into the kitchen barefoot and something sticks to my feet, I am sweeping and mopping. lo.

I am very obsessive about my home's cleanliness. I too vacuum and sweep, but every other day. I used to do it every day, but my fiance gets so mad at me. He too has said I have OCD. That I am compulsive about cleaning. I don't think I am that bad, I just take pride in a clean house. I don't like walking on the floor and feeling things stick to my feet, or I see dog hair on the rugs. I have bad allergies and it helps to dust and vacuum. That and it looks really nice when everything is put in it's proper place and everything is so neat and clean! My fiance's ex-wife was so filthy. I couldn't stand to think of my daughter going over there! (He is her natural father, we were married previously when we were very young and we are back together)I can't believe that she was that dirty. He comments that it is nice to have a clean house to come home to. Her house smelled so bad, she always had trash running over in her trash can, she had two small kids in the house and one day, I went into their room and I found a sippy cup on the floor with curdled milk in it. I was so disgusted. It made me go home and clean my house from top to bottom. So, I am much like you, I can't sit still during a show, I always see something that needs to be done and I have to do it! Don't feel bad, there are a lot of us out there!

Oh, baby!, I think you might have become my new best friend on this matter! I feel what you are saying. I myself have been told by my own husband and relatives alike that I worry too much, clean too much, and obsess over things being just the right way. And I find it quite refreshing that I am not the only cleana-holic! I will stay this way and no one can change it.

We all like to have a clean house .. my partner does what she can in between different jobs etc .. but sometimes it cannot be spotless. With my ex-wife nothing was ever clean .. unless my mother came over and did the housework .. then my ex decided she wanted to work .. so my mother was over every day with our daughters .. and the house was absolutely spotless. We have friends .. their children are still young .. and aren't allowed to do anything at all .. for fear of messing the place up .. and someone might call in and see a mess. Sad thing .. not many people do visit .. because they feel uncomfortable .. and don't know where to sit or put things .. scared that the wife will want to move whatever it is somewhere else. We visit .. and stay outside on the back verandah with the husband .. he doesn't spend much time indoors either. So, unless you are compulsive about everything being spotless .. all the time .. and the children not allowed to play anywhere .. then it is not your OCD .. simply wanting a good clean hours. Teach your children young .. let them learn how to clean properly .. put things away and all of that.

It is not OCD, I am the same way and I know for certain that I don't have OCD, I am just a neat freak and can't stand things dirty. I mop my entire downstairs house every single day, I vacumn every single day, I cook and do about 4 loads of laundry everyday, and there are only 3 people that usually live in this house on a daily basis, no small children either. You don't have OCD, he is out of line and I would tell him this. I don't know if everyone is lazier that does not clean like we do, perhaps they like living in a mess or like living with dirty floors, if I have the ability and desire they will be clean and I see nothing wrong with clean floors.

I'm with you on this. I don't think anything can be an excuse for a dirty home - kids, work, etc. I grew up in a home where both my parents worked full-time and yet, the house is always spotless. My parents did a lot of the work as well as giving me and my brother chores to do. Everyone chips in. That's how it is in my household now too. My husband does his fair share and when my kids are old enough, they will have chores too. I know it's just easier sometimes to just do everything ourselves but in the long-run, we suffer. Like in your case, being accused of having OCD! LOL! I find it hard to relax when things are left undone too. It just irks me too much. But if I were you, I'd get everyone to chip in and help out. Maybe start a chore list and get everyone to do something around the house.

You sound like me, I get stressed and can't relax if there's clutter and if the house isn't in order. I don't consider that to be OCD. And when I go into a cluttery, messy house I can't stand it!

I have been accused of having OCD also by my husband. But I tend to agree with him that I am a little obsessed with certain things. Like yesterday I had gone to the dentist to have some things done and it ended up taking alot longer than expected (it was a terrible day) so my husband did all of the laundry for me. He tried and I was thankful but he didn't fold anything right-well not right but not the way I do- so I had to re-fold everything because it would have driven me insane to just leave it =) And I have to vaccuum in a certain way and put things in a certain place. Yeah I think it is OCD, but not a bad thing =)

My wife is somewhat like this, and for me it creates guilt. i am willing to do anything that needs to be done, but I prefer to do things late at night when my energy is higher. She of course wants it done on her timetable so she proceeds to take all of my chores away from me. So for me, I think its less of feeling that she's being Ocd and more of me being guilty.

I'm trying to figure out how to reply to this... lol...I guess I would be what most of the people on the discussion would consider one of the "lazy" ones. I with the thinking that "we have kids, the floors will get dirty, get over it". The wost part is. I'm a stay at home mom and my kids are in school! Let me just say this.Let's make a deal. If you don't call me "lazy" I won't call you "OCD"! Honestly, I thin these are all just labels and sometimes they can be used in fun, but sometimes they are hurtful. I'm not sure what tone your husband took when he said that do you. Tone can make a huge difference in interpreting meaning. When you described how obsessive you are about cleaning, I did thing to myself that it sounds like OCD. I'm not a psychiatrist and you probaby aren't clinically OCD you might just have some tendencies. I think everyone has tendencies toward some disorder or other. Sometimes I think I lean toward bi-polar because I'm moody. I just have to say one more thing in defense of my "laziness". I choose not to obsess over the neatness of my house because if I were to take it more seriously than I do, I would be miserable all the time. From what I've read, you're a working mom and having a clean home is important to you? How angry does it make you when one of your family members comes in and just carelessly throws something down where it doesn't belong? I used to get extremely angry about these things. The anger was unhealthy. I made a choice to just not take things so serioulsy. You may agree or disagree with my observations but I hope you give it some thought. I'm not advising that you turn into a slob but if you are so obsessed with having a neat house that you don't take time to have some fun and enjoy your family then its time to reconsider your position on this. I hope you take this in the spirit that it is meant and don't misunderstand. I'm not judging you, I'm just giving you some insight from another point of view. Take care.

I haven't been told that I have OCD, but I have been told that I don't ever sit still. I always have to be doing something, or else I get bored very quickly. I think, if anything, I am more ADD than OCD. I rarely decide that I need to clean stuff in order to not be bored, but I can always see a million non-cleaning things that I could be doing.

I am the same way. I don't sit still well at all. If and when I sit down, it seems like I am constantly jumping right back up to do something. People are always getting after me. Telling me that I am annoying them, and would I please just sit still for a little bit. I am even worse now that I am staying home with my son. I tend to think perhaps I am a bit too fidgety, but I dont necessarily consider it a problem, and half the time I find that the complainers, really are lazy. The ones who complain are the same ones who are leaving their empty cups or napkins laying around that I am picking up when I "jump" up to do something.