For her everything was dirty,
her life revolved around dirt and getting rid of it,
for her cleaning was an occupation,an addiction,a fate and not a hobby,
she would start it as the first thing in the morning and conclude only when she slept,
she had forgotten she had a family,
a husband ,two children.
at times she would have relaxed months,relaxed years.
But,whenever there was a change in the environment ,her cleaning would make new records.
years had passed all together ,she had not traveled ,she did not learn anything new,
she was trapped in her OBSESSION of CONTAMINATION.
she never knew there was a solution,
she never knew there were others like her,
she never knew it was an illness,
she never knew it was not her mistake,
she never knew she could be free…
for her the world remained a dirty dirty place …
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.154.7.911
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2 responses to “Its a dirty world…”
Lovely post! Called in here to leave my thanks for your recent decision to follow Learning from Dogs. Thank you!!
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Recently lost my dog, learnt a lot and am looking forward to learn more.
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