10 Things Only People With Early Onset OCD Will Understand

Cleanliness is an important aspect of life. Sure, you were taught that in school, but have you ever really thought about it? Well, think about it. Clean hands, clean surroundings, clean thoughts, peaceful worI mean this could really be a path to world peace.

Most people just don't get it, but you'll relate to this if you have high standards of hygiene. Oh, and just so you know, that doesn't mean you have OCD.

1. You NEED to keep your hands clean.

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You’ll wash your hands every time you touch anything. In fact, you sometimes even wash your hands after touching the soap dish.

2. Spring cleaning is like a vacation for you.

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You can’t wait for the day when the professional house-cleaning guys come over with all their fancy equipment and machinery to do their business. I'm not saying you're weird, but this is your wet dream.

3. You can’t lie down if you haven't washed your feet.

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In fact, you can’t sit on your bed till you've brushed your teeth, had a bath and are in your night clothes. And no part of your night clothes can be from your day clothes.

4. Cooking is an adventure for you.

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You can’t cook unless you know exactly what you need and what you’re going to do with it. You also make the most perfect quantities. #NoWastage

5. Sweeping things under the carpet does not work for you.

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If you have a surprise visitor, and you’re living with a slob, you need to know what's become of the clutter. You make sure it hasn't been hidden, but disposed off. Lest someone check under the carpets. Because that's a perfectly socially acceptable thing to do. 

6. All the gadgets you own are as good as new.

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You keep your shit clean. I mean, if you were to sell your phone or toaster on OLX, you’d best get a price about 10 bucks cheaper than what you bought it for originally. Given its perfect condition.

7. Even your dustbins and cleaning tools are squeaky clean. 

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Your dustbins are clean as a whistle. How? Because you have a master dustbin, that's industrially sanitized, lying right outside the house, where you dispose everything. Thus, dustbins, for you, are more of a decorative item.

8. You get emotional when people come over.

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You’ve cried often when drunk people have come over to your place, and left it looking like a war zone. But you’ve also not slept before your place looks like the haven of cleanliness it was before said drunk people showed up. 

9. You kill messy people in your head.

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You're like the Dexter of messy people. Hey, you could be a fictional serial killer.

10. Being in a relationship with you is tough.

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Since you're like already committed to cleanliness. But if someone's accepting of your closeted obsessive ways, and figures within your standards of hygiene, marry them already.