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In reply to the discussion: My idea for a new reality show - the opposite of all those shows about hoarding- [View all]leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)Those people who feel constantly compelled to clean are absolutely miserable. They simply can't stop. Eventually it can ruin their marriages. It can completely mess up their kids. And they can't stop.
I knew one woman who couldn't leave her house until she had vacuumed the rug and no one had stepped on it. If someone left a footprint she had to start all over. All the cans in her cupboards had to be in alphabetical order and absolutely straight.
Some people can't get out of their house.
It's really a horrible, horrible thing to have to deal with. I think WHO rates OCD as the 3rd most crippling disorder.
I have the kind where I have to check things over and over. It got so bad that I was afraid I would not be able to work. But I went on high dose Prozac for about 8 months and that kicked it. It's still there but the compulsion is not so bad that I can't deal with it.
It sounds funny. But it is a really devastating disorder.