Confession: I Can’t Sleep Unless My Room Is Perfectly Clean
A glimpse into the mind of someone whose obsession with cleanliness gives them peace—and also chains them.
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Tags: OCD tendencies, control, cleaning obsession
If there’s a single dish in the sink, I feel like I’ll die.
If my bed isn’t made exactly right, I remake it—sometimes three times.
My floor shines. My drawers are alphabetized. My laundry is folded with precision.
People think I’m disciplined. I’m not. I’m exhausted.
Cleaning calms the chaos in my head. But also… it controls me.
I want to relax. But I can't until everything is “right.”
And “right” keeps getting stricter.
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