this is 100 true   one of my favorite passages from the mindfulness workbook for ocd touches on the subject    a common misconception about ocd sufferers is that they are neat and tidy although some people find their ocd pushing them to keep everything spotless it’s quite common for ocd to keep you from cleaning because it’s too burdensome to meet your own com- pulsive standards you may have garbage in your home that can’t be removed because it seems too contaminated to touch or it may seem too burdensome to wash yourself after you touch it or there may be a variety of items that have been labeled untouchable for emotional reasons it’s hard to clean when you can’t touch the things that need to be cleaned—even harder when you can’t touch cleaning products