Laundry compulsions are one of my things. They definitely didn’t use to be. After all, it was an obsession regarding laundry and possibly having “contaminated” a load with fecal matter that got my whole contamination OCD rolling about a year ago. At the time we were using a laundry machine housed in a shed behind our…
I mentioned in yesterday’s post about how weaning off the medication has brought certain worries or obsessions/compulsions back into my awareness that I hadn’t been thinking about as much. This is not unexpected, and it shouldn’t be unexpected for anyone weaning off of medication. OCD doesn’t like to give up easily. It likes to shape shift…
So I’ve been weaning off my medication for about a month now, and I’m now taking about a fourth of what was my “normal” dose of fluoxetine. While I’d say I’ve been doing fairly well, I have been noticing things more—things that I used to worry about or have anxiety over that I “mellowed” out…
Since it’s another “day off,” I’ll give us both a break from the blog! Go forth and rest, shop, eat leftovers, get a Christmas tree, try on clothes and touch things without buying them…. whatever you do on Black Friday– enjoy!
Happy Thanksgiving! That’s it. Go eat lots of turkey and pie and ignore your OCD as best you 😉