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Are you obsessed with cleaning?

Do you wish that you could stop but every time you try to, you get major anxiety to the point where it is just unbearable, you break down and give in?

What is the fear that drives you to clean all the time?

This is a disease called O.C.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Cleaning Disorder) – A disease that has a quite a few of the world’s population under its clutches. Hereditary in nature, it mainly affects the female of the species, with close to 98% of the cases leading to infections lasting a life time. The male of the species is somehow amazingly resistant or resilient to effects of this deadly strain.

These people know what it’s like to feel like they have to do things that they know are ridiculous and don’t make any sense. One thing that they’ve learned over the years is that when they are obsessed with something there is always a fear driving this obsession.

As humans, our behaviour is driven by two things, to avoid pain or to receive pleasure. In the case of obsessions, it’s usually driven by the avoiding pain part. So now that you know that you are trying to avoid some pain, it’s important to really think about what that pain is that you’re trying to avoid.

It is one of the most comical yet (maybe) the most deadly of various strains of infectious diseases known to man-kind (not necessarily woman-kind). The symptoms of this disease are quite easy to spot. The person shows a maniacal zeal and fervour to the process of cleaning and the art of keeping things clean.

Researchers have yet been unable to figure out whether this is an illness of the mind or the body. But, all evidence seems to point to the former. Though a permanent cure has not and may never be found, researchers have been able to formulate a remedy that at least seems to have some effect in stunting the growth of the disease and to an extent, ameliorate it.

A case study conducted seems to confirm the above postulate. A female was chosen as the subject to increase the chances of finding the disease quickly. Careful study and analysis done over a period of one month has led researchers to the conclusion that the subject in question has undoubtedly been under the influence of the disease for such a long period of time that the medication that was administered was only able to stunt the growth of the illness and un-fortunately, could not ameliorate it.

So going on all this information you need to isolate that fear. Think about how you can face it. Really think about this and spend time pondering the different ways you can face this fear. Once you generate some ideas, it’s time to put them into practice.

So here are some ideas that you can put into practice right now that will guide you along your way.

1.) Refuse to perform the rituals and wait to see if the thing you fear happens or not no matter how major it may be.

2.) Get medication from your doctor to help you deal with the anxiety while you go through this transition period.

3.) Get a buddy to help you. Not to be a crutch, but to challenge you to take action in facing your fears.

4.) Don’t give into to saying, “I just don’t have the will power or the strength, just do it.

Take action: Just take action, period.