I live in the projects with my mother,
father, little brother and grandfather.
We have been here for four years this
september. I am afraid my mother (she's
41) had developed ocd while we have lived
here.
My mother had always had problems with
stress in her life. She is the only one
that keeps up the housework without the
help of my father. She also has to take
care of my grandfather (her father.) he is
always in a terrible mood, (he is 83).
Lately she has been obsessed with bugs and
dust. She suspects spiders are in the
curtains. She constantly cleans and
sprays raid and cleaning products. She
uses rollers (commonly used for pet fur
and such) to pick up everything she see's
thats 'dirty.' we own a guinea pig and she
is afraid to touch him because she thinks
she has some sort of bug on him all the
time.
This has developed in the past year or so.
She does not have a job and stays in the
house all the time with my grandfather.
She is so confined because this is a small
project. She want to leave here so
badly.
I am afraid her compulsive cleaning is
ocd. Can anyone help me?
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aliensquale
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 08-10-06 15:36pm
Yes it sounds that way to me. I
sometimes get ocd about bacteria and stuff
and constantly wash my hands. I think
stress really makes ocd's worse. I am
convinced that just about everybody has
ocd about something in life.
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princess_amy89
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 225 Location: england
Posted: 09-17-06 16:05pm
There are many different types of ocd and
thats sounds like a certain type
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sss180b
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 11-01-06 00:00am
According to www.Aboutmh.Com
"a diagnosis of ocd requires the
obsessions and or compulsions take a
significant amount of time (usually at
least one hour per day), and interfere
with the person’s daily functioning in
social and professional activities or in
relationships." source aboutmh.Com
hope this helps
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SimeonCross
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 22 Location: S. California
Posted: 03-04-07 14:26pm
Compulsive cleaning is the classic OCD.
They have made TV shows about this, one
being "Monk." But that is not the only
diagnosis that fits your mom. My first
qustion is why don't you give the poor
lady a break. Give her a time out
anywhere. It doesn't have to be expensive
but it can be somewhere. Living in the
Projects I am sure there isn't a lot of
money to work with.
Here is a couple of other diagnosis she
could fit under.
Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders.
Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or
untidiness.
Entomophobia - Fear of insects.
Insectophobia - Fear of insects.
Mysophobia - Fear of dirt and germs
Amathophobia Fear of dust.
Koniophobia Fear of dust. (Amathophobia)
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ocdengineer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 48 Location: SA, TX
Pure O Posted: 03-06-07 20:40pm
sss180b
wrote:
According to www.Aboutmh.Com
"a diagnosis of ocd requires the
obsessions and or compulsions take a
significant amount of time (usually at
least one hour per day), and interfere
with the person’s daily functioning in
social and professional activities or in
relationships." source aboutmh.Com
hope this
helps
I just wanted to comment on this. This is
not really true. There is another form of
OCD that is called Pure O where the
patient actually has only obsessions and
no compulsions. It is another form of OCD
and is considered an anxiety dissorder as
well. Just food for thought. Compulsions
are not required.
