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That is because ocd is always portrayed as a neat freak disorder when it is so much more. Encourage your mother to educate herself about what ocd really is. Not in a judgmental way but in a way that helps her to realize this is so much more than this particular subtype.
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Hoarding is also an OCD. There are a lot of people who have extremely messy houses and they have OCD. You should show your mom videos of people who are Hoarders and maybe she'll get a better understanding of your type of OCD and be more supportive.
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I have had this for years and have this has been unnoticed for a very long time until i became very angry with people interfering with it.
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Same here! The only thing I can do is tell myself that if she thinks it's like that, she doesn't understand what it is, so can't accurately say whether or not I have it.
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same
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Lots of people with OCD actually fall behind on cleaning/tidying up *because* of their OCD.
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I know my wife moved in with me back in March and I still don't have our apartment done with all the stuff she moved into my apartment. Having OCD is very time-consuming and you don't get a lot of stuff done. 😥
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Yeah OCD is incredibly misunderstood. My room is a MESS right now and I have severe contamination OCD. I’m living proof you can have OCD if your room is MESSY!
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Last night I was staying at my boyfriend’s house and couldn’t sleep. I felt like i desperately needed to go back to my parents and clean and organize my room. This has happened a few times before when I was staying at his place. Since then he’s been very upset with me. Does anyone else’s partner do this? Any advice? It’s been hard. He’s made me feel so shameful for having OCD. As if it’s not tough enough /:
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Cause I don't have those Extreme cases where I Need to wash myself 100 times, or check things like light, all I have are my thoughts.
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I never heard about people with OCD who have messy living conditions. Maybe this is why it took so long to accept my diagnosis. Although I really dont like how OCD is percieved at by the majority of people, I feel like Im weird or something because I dont fit into that stereotype. I understand that a lot of people with OCD have this issue, but why do I feel so different? If anybody else has/had this belief, what helps with feeling more comfortable? Everytime my mom points out my room, and how its messy- Its like I feel so lazy and useless. So then I often plan out everything I was going to do, step by step, always having a reasoning behind everything, because logic always comforts me. When I start tidying up my room, I go full out (Sheets, Laundry, Clorox, Candles, Vaccuming, Then I start going through the guinea pigs cage to rearranging all of their stuff) Yet always somewhere after doing a few things, I start feeling disgusting and almost shameful of myself. 99% of the time I end up laying on my floor sobbing, noting every little thing about my room. How my furiniture doesnt match, how i would rather have solid floor like hardwood or vinyl instead of the carpet, usually things i cant change… and then barely anything gets done in my room. I start to have a meltdown and often dont take care of myself even more afterwards. A piece of me feels like my thoughts are just me being a spoiled brat and wanting everything i dont have- meanwhile others dont even have a roof over their head. The other piece of me is just tired, just emotionally exaughsted. Please comment any thoughts or recomendations to maybe improve motovation and attitude towards doing long tasks.
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