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Old Nov 12, 2014, 03:56 PM
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There can be 'minor upsides' to actual OCD. Usually, some part of the OCD is a rational concern... if the perception was true;

Cleaning can be a good thing. The table might be dirty, at some point. HOWEVER, spending 8 hours cleaning something you can't actually see (germs) is obsessive. Its the problem with perception (that you doubt your ability to correctly perceive,) and the associated interruption of life in the compulsions.

Kaliope is correct. If it everything "feels right," and you have no negative feelings about cleaning again, it has more to do with personality, so POCD. Bear in mind that OCD and OCPD are often comorbid- so you can and often do have both, if you have one.
Thanks for this!
HolisticGal