[mad molly]

hi there... is anyone else out there got a fascination with colours, for example when doing the laundry??? ive had mine for as long as i can remember.... i drive myself mad with it at times... ive seen me literally spend about half an hour contemplating whether a for example a very dark grey pair of jog pants should go in with the black clothes or the grey clothes.... see they border on the edge of black but really they are grey and i weigh up the best pile for them to go in... the same with other shades of colours that could be a certain colour, but half way to being another colour.... i know i sound completely insane but this is genuinely happening in my life....

while im on the subject of laundry.... after said laundry is done... i take all the clothes out the machine... and put them in a big heap... then slowly sift through them looking for the biggest item then fold it and look for next one in size.... then i have my pile of dark to light coloured clothes... then and this is probably bordering on insanity, i literally go through them so i know how i am going to put them on the washing line.... the biggest and darkest item first etc etc... then i drive myself even more mad by positioning them on the line so that they look neat and same height from the bottom... then to drive myself even more insane i have to have matching coloured or failing that same shade of colour pegs on each item.... the question i always get asked is why not just buy wooden pegs of the same neutral colour... but that would be too easy....

my day is literally made when i have did all of my laundry, and it is all colour co-ordinated, all the same height from the bottom... and the thrill of it even more is (i forgot to mention i also have 3 different types of pegs)... that come the end of my laundry... i have an empty peg bag, and perfectly pegged clothes, no odd pegs... man thats a huge rush for me... that everything went according to plan without even counting.... oh and if you are wondering what i would do if i had clothes left and no pegs... i would simply rather than doubling clothes up onto one peg... they would return to the laundry basket ready for another day....

i love watching the clothes blowing in the breeze... obsessively so, as if they are a work of art... i know this is absolutely ridiculous, i honestly do know this, but i cant help myself... so basically my question is... as i darent go to a doc to get this properly diagnosed just in case im taken away to a mental hospital... AM I CORRECT IN SELF DIAGNOSING MYSELF WITH OCD....

jokes aside, i would like help with this as this obsession with perfection doesnt only happen with laundry... it happens with EVERYTHING...

help and advice greatly appreciated xx

All that I am able to say is that I truly admire what you doing to make a better life for family. Good luck!

[femme_nikita]

Hey mad molly, I'm no doctor (I don't think I would be here if I was) but all I can say is try helping yourself by slowly putting more like colors together in the wash and know that they will come out the same once washed. I must say you made me laugh at the end with your comment about not daring to go to a doctor because of the fear of being sent to a mental hospital because I have the same fear ;-)

Hang in there and this too shall pass....