When people talk about having OCD, I completely understand where they’re coming from.
I also happen to be fairly neurotic and obsessive about keeping myself safe.
I am glad to say, I don’t know the same pervasive handicap that a lot of other OCD individuals do. However, it does not stop me from being affected by my mental health affliction on a official basis. Namely, every time I leave the house. You see, I became quite obsessed with my indoor air quality control system about 10 years ago. I had been through an unlucky air conditioner failure in the middle of Summer that nearly was the end of me. It was so tepid and humid outside during that Summer that it was literally a danger to be in my apartment without a central cooling system running. When I noticed that my central cooling system has stopped operating, I immediately tried my best to repair the A/C system on my own. Unluckyly, I caused more disfigurement to the massive A/C unit than I helped myself. When I called out a professional heating and cooling specialist for help, it took over three days before they could fit my appointment into their busy repair schedule. I nearly died that Summer due to dehydration and overheating. Ever since that Heating, Ventilation and A/C disaster, I have been completely obsessed with checking on my central heating and cooling system. I never want to live another afternoon without indoor air quality control, so I incessantly check on my A/C system and forced air furnace. Everyday when I have to leave the condo to go to labor it takes me various hours to perform my Heating, Ventilation and A/C diagnostic rituals. I know other people worry about the oven, however I’m more terrified of my A/C system.