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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn't "exposure therapy" a treatment for OCD? Allowing your coworker to constantly clean, rather than having to be exposed to a mess, may be making her condition worse in the long run. [/quote]

My cousin has OCD. When we were little and I slept at her place, she used to make me wake up two hours earlier than necessary, at five or so, because she absolutely had to make her bed first thing in the morning, and it took her two hours to do her morning routine. So I just slept on the floor. She just really needs her own separate space, for her sake and those around her. She has her own office which is pretty essential.

If this  coworker can't have an office, the coworker at least needs to have a desk that is hers and hers alone. Beyond that, she should not be controlling other people's spaces.

As to the quoted previous testers' comments, my cousin generally lives alone unless she is dating someone who is over a lot. I would not even want to spend one night in her house because it would  stress her out too much. But I do remember one time she was dating someone she felt was too accommodating of her OCD. He would kind of walk on eggshells around her trying to placate and allow her to do her excessive cleaning etc. she felt this was actually worse for her. It's a fine line. You need to be sensitive to the fact that this is a mental health issue that is nearly impossible to cure, while not making it worse by going along with it too much.

Don't understand the office setup that the original poster has described. But it sounds like that the OCD  woman has to share space. That's not a good idea. At the very least, she needs her separate desk. She can be controlling on her desk. But she needs to be told to leave other peoples desks alone[/quote]

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