Follow-Up to the OCD Discussion Event

wonderful tread @NatureLover

Thanks beautiful @NatureLover

I appreiate this as I am unable to absorb much at present so would like to revisit this in a few days time - I found the anxiety behind OCD really interesting as I never realised there to be a connnection.

Hats off to you for a wonderful job xoxo love and hugs

Hello @TiSoG21

Hello! Thanks so much for starting this @NatureLover I'm really happy we can have a follow up 🙂

Glad to see you here too @Shaz51!

Its hard to say how hubby manages the OCD in his mind, but when it comes to practically, we just clean things as it becomes necessary. His isn't necessarily germ related as much as it is contaminating "clean" areas or objects with "dirty" things.

So for example, we moved a mattress out of the house last week that had been on the floor for a few years. The mattress was "dirty" and therefore the floor close to it also was. To move it out, we had to:

- stand it up on the spot

- put a fitted sheet over one side

- maneuver the mattress to a better spot on the floor

- fitted sheet over otherside

- pick it up,carry it out of the house without touching anything.

If it came within a foot of touching a doorframe or wall, I had to clean said surface later. Which looked like:

- waiting outside while husband showered after moving the mattress

- then going in and showering

- ajax wiping every surface (doors/walls/floors) that the mattress came close to.

So that's one example of how we manage.

Thanks for Tagging me @NatureLover

The OCD Topic Tuesday Discussion was scheduled to finish at 8.30pm (AEST).

It concluded shortly after 8.00pm - Then the Thread was Locked, as I was Posting "Thankyou's to all who facilitated discussion (including Community Manager & yourself).

My Thank you Post was then Rejected (not Posted), because the OCD Topic Tuesday Thread was Locked (soon after 8.00pm AEST/ 6.00pm WST).

Someone please explain the reasons for this - being given no prior warning that the Thread was being Locked 25 to 30 Minutes Before Scheduled End of Discussion (25 to 30 minutes early).

Kind Regards,

Adge

Yes I was surprised too @Adge with the ending of topic Tuesday finishing earlier than usual too

Thank you @Shaz51 That means that you did not know that this was going to happen, either.

Adge

Hi @Adge and @Shaz51 , Daisydreamer did mention that the event would be finishing early, after one hour...she mentioned it just before it started, the fourth post down, here . But Adge, you might have missed it as you got the tag late. I'm sorry you were shocked by it. 😞

@Adge what form does your OCD take?

@Anastasia there is absolutely no pressure to follow along, you have so much on your plate. Thanks for your kind words Thinking of you 💚

Hi @TiSoG21 , thanks for explaning about your husband having a 'contamination with dirty things' OCD - that's useful for me to know. I didn't actually realise that contamination could be something not linked to germs...fascinating.

I was also fascinated by how you moved the mattress. Including how you had to clean any surfaces that the mattress "came close to", even though it was covered with the fitted sheets. And afterwards, what happened to the fitted sheets? Because they would surely have been contaminated?

I'm gobsmacked by your patience and love and acceptance for your husband with all this!

For me it's all about germs, so actual dirt (soil) is relatively 'clean' in my head. It's funny how our minds work.