Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners

[papasvacs]

and the bathroom......

<span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">must be neat and clean also........</span>

 

[hoover119dude]

In the latest series of Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners i wonder how the mother and daughter team manage to pay for the house they work so hard to keep clean?? I think with some cases it is just an excuse to skive off the benefits system.  The lady said she has never been in a relationship because of her OCD, so where does the money come from??


 


 I have lived here for years now and members who live here know what some people are like.  I also like a very tidy home but if i spent 16 hours a day cleaning I would soon be homeless as i wouldnt be able to pay the good old bills. People need to get a grip and help to keep the world going round.  Dont just sit home cleaning and having kids to prevent having to go to work and contribute to society.

 

[kirbysthebest]

Night cleaner here

I have to clean and vacuum before I go to bed,so everything is clean when I get up in the morning. If I don't then I can't sleep thinking about what I have to clean when I get up.

 

[parwaz786]

I have OCD, I hate having dry hands, I even wash my hands after a long period of time even if I never did anything with my hands to make them need washing

 

[caligula]

Hi Kirbysthebest

Been there, done that! In the early days of the V.C.C.C. I was the editor/publisher (1983 to 93). More times than I are to remember, I stopped writing because there were cookie crumbs on the carpet, and other things from having lunch at my desk. Seeing those crumbs and whatnot broke my concentration. I literally couldn't think knowing there was something on the carpet. So how did I stop this behavior? by giving myself a rule to follow, "no eating at the desk!" I'd vacuum the office before starting to work, and after that section of the research was completed for the day.


 


Alex Taber.

 

[electrolux137]

For all you guys with OCD, you don't have to keep suffering with it. There is medical treatment available. (I don't have this disorder although I sometimes have some mild resonances of it.)

I have a friend who was so crippled with it that he became completely unable to function. He finally sought treatment for it, and with psychotherapy and medication the condition completely went away, and he was eventually able to get off the medication.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/DS00189/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs

 

[suckolux]

Mine just went ape crap! I had a friend over to help and a lot of stuff got moved around, things I can NOT move myself anymore, bedroom became office and office became bedroom, all due to a new tv. Wow was there a lot of cleaning, first time I have ever seen the dyson bin full

 

[luxman107]

I don't have OCD but I do like things clean and orderly. Thanks for pasting the pictures everyone. Looks great

 

[pinkge]

I feel like...

a slob when it comes to cleaning after seeing everyones homes.I do the dishes and wipe the counter spaces off,but,I don't vacuum once a week and clean the bathroom once a week,with a touch up midweek.The house is clean but,not spotless,one might find a cob web or even some dust bunnies too.Guess,I'd better clean more often to keep up with everyone.
Michael

 

[turbo500]

The lady said she has never been in a relationship

I agree with everything you said, Gary. Also, where did the daughter come from? She must have let a man near her at some point.

 

[suckolux]

house back to normal after all the moving of stuff, feels perfect. For now

 

[hoover119dude]

hi turbo500. she looks a bit like a you know what.  she probably went to a bank for a frozen sample. it has been done on many an occasion i am sure.  still she needs to get a grip and seek treatment if it is consuming her and preventing a normal life.

 

[hi-loswitch98]

I was waiting for something to make a thread on this!

I saw it last week & was astonished at how the old woman had not been in a Shopping Centre for 20 years because of the germs/bacteria!

I mean, I hate germs & all that, I do use a Hand Gel quite a bit & when I Vacuum, I thoroughly Vacuum (Dad does the same!) e.g. not just the floor, but corners, celings etc. EVERYWHERE. That's my obsession, I think that's the only one!

But yes Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners was a really good watch, that woman in Dunstable disgusted me how she had let her animals in her house without cleaning it for 7 years! I was gagging at that.

 

[ultimatevacman]

Just watched Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners, and I found it funny how a girl used a Hetty to clean her decking lol.

 

[anthony]

what

amuses me is the amount of products people use what happend to good old elbow grease and as for the woman with the daughter who remembers [probably spelling this wrong but here goes] TOUCHE TURTLE

 

[electrolux137]

30 Infuriating Images That Will Trigger Your OCD



I saw this on Facebook tonight and couldn't resist posting it here! ;P

http://dunzo.net/30-infuriating-images-that-will-trigger-your-ocd

 

[davetranter]

Nom-contributors

A big 'Hear, Hear' to Hoover119dude (Reply#20) and Turbo500 (Reply#28). I spent 30 minutes crafting a beautifully worded (IMHO ) reply, but sadly my connection failed and I lost the lot, and I am NOT sitting and typing it all again!! (Some of you may be heaving a sigh of relief!! )

All best

Dave T

 

[suckolux]

Charles, those pics are still on my mind! Stinker.

 

[kirbysthebest]

I'm as OCD as the next guy.

In fact, I think we all have some area or another that we want to be just perfect. I admitted one of my issues in a previous post.

One of the ways I overcame some of my compulsions is rationalizing to myself that the world is not perfect, and you can't be perfect. I let go of the days when the area rug had to perfectly align with the coffee table, and the couch cushions had to be in line with the front of the couch. The candle holders had to be exactly in the center of the table etc. . .

Then I decided it just takes too much energy, and besides me who cares? So I adopted the policy at my house "If you are coming to see me, come anytime." "If you are coming to see the house, make an appointment."

True OCD is debilitating for the person that suffers as well as the poor souls that have to be around them. I had a woman that worked with me for 16 long, agonizing, torturous months. It would take her all day to data enter a form that could be finished by a "normal" person in six minutes. She was always having to double check, and go back and make sure, and verify with the case manager this and that. Then she would come back in the middle of the night to check on something because she got to thinking that it should have been done another way. This caused a lot of friction between me, her closest co-worker, and her as well as other staff that had to deal with her.

Because of her carefulness and "eye for detail" she became a pet for one of the supervisors who then dumped her work on me, so she had time to scrutinize her one assessment a day whereas I was now entering 40 or more as well as my regular duties of billing, data enter, and covering the phones. Then there were the errors that I was blamed for because she never did anything so she didn't make any.

Finally after several meetings with HR and supervisors I told her. She could do as she pleased but I would not be a party to her psychosis. Thank the good Lord in Heaven the B!! quit. Praise Jesus.

Though I pity her I pray that our paths never cross again. MSRIH
[this post was last edited: 11/20/2013-12:38]

 

[mark40511]

This is going to be strange

But I think a lot of my wanting my house to be neat and tidy and nothing out of place - A LOT of it comes when I was little and watched TV, and I remember everyone's house on TV (as still is most of the time) was perfect and clean.

When all along, all it was was just a SET!

Bless my poor little heart - so stupid!!