ardean
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It's a terrible disorder and, unfortunately, very misunderstood, as I'm sure you know from first hand experience. It can be just as difficult for family members and friends. My wife has dealt with my OCD for 25 years - even though I'm medicated and treated, her first response when we are led to a table in a restaurant is to look at me and ask "is this one OK?" (Mine would manifest as a sensitivity to audio stimuli, so I would always be having us move tables, depending on the voices at other tables.) It's like friends and family are constantly walking on egg shells until it becomes second nature.
It stuck, out to me (as a sufferer), when BL started talking about the specific things that were upsetting GP's OCD. The first thing you learn about treating this disorder is that the specifics (dirt, clutter, 'did I leave the stove on?', etc.) are totally irrelevant. Giving any significance to the specific triggers is just pouring gas on the fire.
Right on, she probably was fighting with trying to figure out why she had do certain things, he probably wasn't understanding either. He moved some of her stuff got dirt in the van, etc. That set her off into an uncontrollable situation where she had do do things and was spiraling down. Living in that small of an environment was probably worse. I wish she had somehow gotten help during that police stop. This is just a very heavy situation and its tugging on all of us now. I'm hoping the continuing pressure helps Laundrie decide to start being helpful.