- Date posted
- 1y ago
Cleaning habits
I am a very neat and tidy person. I like everything a certain way and I spend a lot of time organizing and cleaning. I know that I have I have OCD but I have been having a very difficult time distinguishing what is my OCD and what is just typical house maintenance. It’s very hard to think that my entire personality is because of my OCD. I don’t want to be a messy person with a messy unkept house but I also don’t want to be stuck in my OCD patterns and routines. I live with my family and it has been affecting my relationships with them. They are more messy people and often try to stay tidy for me. I am in charge of the cleaning chores for the house by choice. I get upset when they don’t put items away in the right spot or don’t clean up after themselves properly. That’s why I am the cleaner. My mother wants to help me find a solution to this and is working with me but it is very hard on her. We get into a lot of arguments. I want to have the best of both worlds and make my OCD more manageable as well as keeping up with the house cleaning. Any recommendations?