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To be very annoyed by “OCD Cleaners?”

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sweetkitty · 29/08/2025 18:54

There’s a cleaning company local to me called OCD Cleaners presumably as a nod to the fact they clean as well as people with OCD.

I am really annoyed with this, I am a member of OCD-UK and know OCD is one of the most debilitating mental illnesses there is. It is so much more than just being super-clean. It is really debilitating and leaves sufferers feeling very isolated and shameful. There’s 6 different types and Fear of germs is just one type.

My 21 yo DD suffers from it and she literally has no life, she cannot work, go to college, care for herself and go outside without a parent. She feels an utter failure. I have heard so many sad, horrific stories from other parents of sufferers too.

I feel like contacting them and saying stop making light of a serious mental health condition you wouldn’t call a company Bipolar or Depression would you? Or would I come across as a bit of a Karen, am I super sensitive because of my DD?

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Wisterical · 29/08/2025 19:26

Watch your own language before condemning others. Karen is a misogynistic slur.

PiggingBastardPigs · 29/08/2025 19:25

LadeOde · 29/08/2025 19:17

Absolutely no one suffering from OCD is ‘using it to their personal benefit.’ That idea is not just misguided, it’s offensive. OCD is a brutal, life altering condition. It’s not a quirky cleaning habit, it’s a relentless compulsion that can leave someone completely unable to function. You don’t claw your way out of that torment and casually start a business. This is exactly the kind of ignorance @OP is calling out. People simply do not understand the reality of OCD.

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Agreed.

arcticpandas · 29/08/2025 19:23

My son 15 is waiting to become 17 in order to have ECT for OCD. He's tried everything and sometimes he just cries because it's unbearable. OCD is very debilitating and it takes way longer time for him to do something than his brother because he has to verify over and over again. So it's very disingenious for a cleaning company to call themselves that. What they are referring to is the stereotype of a very neat person who is said to "have a bit OCD" when in reality there is much pain and suffering involved and no efficiency at all.

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 29/08/2025 19:22

Kary26 · 29/08/2025 19:08

I agree entirely with you about the company name. However, the bit I find ironic is you have mentioned coming across as a bit of a Karen. You are doing the same to people called Karen who do not fit the label you are attributing to them.

Exactly this 🫣

Crazyclover · 29/08/2025 19:21

Are you sure they are using OCD in the way you think? Or could it be initials? Perhaps you are presuming the worst?
we used to have a business nearby called Dirty Dicks kitchens, what would your thoughts on that be? Offensive to those without showers? A dig at an STD sufferer?

Letsgoroundagainnow · 29/08/2025 19:20

Kary26 · 29/08/2025 19:08

I agree entirely with you about the company name. However, the bit I find ironic is you have mentioned coming across as a bit of a Karen. You are doing the same to people called Karen who do not fit the label you are attributing to them.

This

AuntieStrawberry · 29/08/2025 19:17

Contact them and tell them politely what OCD is really like. Maybe they just don’t realise.

If they don’t change the name there’s not much you can do about it though. I wouldn’t use a company with that name personally as it’s disrespectful (DC has OCD, it’s a brutal illness).
So maybe they’re losing customers too.

LadeOde · 29/08/2025 19:17

Createausername1970 · 29/08/2025 19:02

But is it a company run by a couple of people with OCD who have used their particular compulsion to clean to their personal benefit?

I can see your point of view completely, but check what's behind the name first.

Absolutely no one suffering from OCD is ‘using it to their personal benefit.’ That idea is not just misguided, it’s offensive. OCD is a brutal, life altering condition. It’s not a quirky cleaning habit, it’s a relentless compulsion that can leave someone completely unable to function. You don’t claw your way out of that torment and casually start a business. This is exactly the kind of ignorance @OP is calling out. People simply do not understand the reality of OCD.

Kary26 · 29/08/2025 19:08

I agree entirely with you about the company name. However, the bit I find ironic is you have mentioned coming across as a bit of a Karen. You are doing the same to people called Karen who do not fit the label you are attributing to them.

PurpleSocks37 · 29/08/2025 19:05

Createausername1970 · 29/08/2025 19:02

But is it a company run by a couple of people with OCD who have used their particular compulsion to clean to their personal benefit?

I can see your point of view completely, but check what's behind the name first.

This, maybe they have OCD so they are using that to their advantage and being the best cleaners?

OhHellolittleone · 29/08/2025 19:04

my personal view is that most people know there is a big difference between what people call ‘a little bit ocd’ and having an OCD diagnosis, but they do have a mild trait. There are lots of things where people take something serious and use a term lightly. For some reason OCD seems to be the one people always ‘call out’.

‘Omg you’re gonna give me heart failure!’ ‘Haha I mean dairy not diary, I’m being dyslexic‘ ‘sometimes he’s a bit autistic in social situations’ ‘I’m so depressed about the football!’ ‘I saw him and almost had a panic attack!’ Etc etc

people can use language however they want and people obviously find a way to describe things as best they can.

Ablondiebutagoody · 29/08/2025 19:04

Maybe they have OCD. In which case, it's got nothing to do with you

Createausername1970 · 29/08/2025 19:02

But is it a company run by a couple of people with OCD who have used their particular compulsion to clean to their personal benefit?

I can see your point of view completely, but check what's behind the name first.

Chattycatty · 29/08/2025 18:58

Yanbu and I hate it when people throw about OCD. I find people who say it in a throw out comment don't understand so I doubt they'd care unfortunately.