I
know
what
people
are
going
to
say
when
they
read
this.
"Oh
he
never
really
had
OCD."
"His
must
have
been
really
mild."
"What
a
fake,
why
is
he
even
here?"
Well
I'm
here
to
tell
you
for
one
that
yes
I
still
have
OCD.
I
don't
think
it's
possible
to
just
suddenly
shed
OCD
from
you.
Not
after
the
the
tremendous
impact
and
toll
it
takes
on
your
life
and
your
psyche.
But
somehow,
it's
lessened.
At
work
they
started
making
it
my
job
to
clean
the
bathrooms.
Partly
because
I
am
one
of
5
guys
that
works
there
when
the
rest
are
girls...
But
I
believe
it
is
mainly
because
my
boss
knows
I
have
OCD.
He
was
trying
to
cure
me.
Now
he
didn't
necessarily
destroy
OCD
symptoms.
But
basically
he
just
exposed
me
to
the
bathrooms
(one
of
my
major
obsessions)
enough
to
where
I
became
habituated,
or
used,
to
the
stimuli
and
the
fear.
I
still
scrub
like
a
madman
when
I
clean
myself
up
afterwards.
I
still
hate
going
in
there
and
breathing
in
other
people's
waste.
But
for
some
strange
reason
it
doesn't
bother
me
as
much
as
it
did
before.
Not
only
that
but
i
have
had
other
miraculous
changes
which
may
be
attributed
to
the
bathroom
exposure
response
prevention
therapy,
or
to
the
fact
that
I
have
an
amazing
new
girl
in
my
life.
She's
incredible
and
I
have
to
wrap
this
up
because
soon
she'll
wake
and
we're
going
to
get
coffee
at
our
favorite
coffee
shop.
I
can
now:
touch
shoes
(and
only
Sammie's
feet),
touch
certain
floors,
touch
door
knobs,
trust
my
car
doors
are
locked
(usually),
not
have
things
even
or
symmetrical,
touch
my
face,
eat/drink
after
people...
And
there
are
so
many
more
things
that
I
find
incredible
that
I
can
do.
There
are
still
a
lot
of
things
I
can't
do.
But
these
things
will
possibly
come
in
time.
And
if
they
don't
then
I
am
still
very
happy
with
what
I
can
now
do.
Life
is
suddenly
opening
up
for
me.
I
only
fear
a
relapse.
