I think it;s the meds I've been on for a few months (clomipromine - apparently it is meant to be good for ocd)
I still have to shower whenever I go in the bathroom , but now I can do things like sit downstairs in my pyjamas and then go to bed afterwards without having to get changed. A few months ago I would have had to get changed and maybe even get another shower before I couldgo to bed. But now I can still sit on my bed in the same clothes I've been wearing outside etc.
That probably doesn't sound as good as I'm making it out lol, but it is. Hopefully I will eventually be able to go in the bathroom without getting a shower too. I've had proper OCD for 2 and a half years now tho so I guess it's not gonna go away over night
No, it sounds like progress in some ways.
My symptoms are not so debilitating, but when I have a "flare up," I am a real handful for those who are trying to live with me. I am not able to go without shoes (this is rather involved, but let us just say, as long as my shoes - which ones is not negotiable, but I can change shoes with proper preparation - are available immediately when I need them, everyone survives), sometimes even when I should not have them on.
I do not really want to get into an OCD war (especially since I am not diagnosable as such, mainly due to my ability to compensate, I suspect), but I have trouble with my feet (and yet I can kick my punching bag for hours, even barefoot sometimes) and nothing I do seems to help me relax. My feet have to be "perfect" or I get cranky.
