Sentence examples for obsessive cleaning from inspiring English sources

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Back in London, I find a 2008 paper on morgellons in the journal Dermatologic Therapy that describes patients picking "at their skin continuously in order to 'extract' an organism"; "obsessive cleaning rituals, showering often" and individuals going "to many physicians, such as infectious disease specialists and dermatologists" – all behaviours "consistent with DOP".

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There's nothing to see there, unless you're a connoisseur of skyscrapers or container ports or obsessive street-cleaning".

"We take an obsessive approach to cleaning and sanitizing across our entire destination and to maintaining a healthy environment for our team members and guests," said Tom Schroder, a spokesman for the Universal Orlando Resort.

Primary outcome measures were obsessive-compulsive behaviours, for example, ritual of control (checking), rituals related to order and symmetry (ordering), ritual of washing and decontamination procedures (cleaning), and obsessive thoughts (obsessing).

This concept, known as 'mental contamination' has particular relevance to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in which compulsive cleaning is a common symptom presentation.

Forget the bottom-inspectors of How Clean Is Your House, the greatest ever show about cleaning was Channel 4's Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners vs Hoarders, in which two mental illnesses were forced to battle it out for ultimate supremacy.

The first section of the CY-BOCS assesses current and life-long presence of common obsessive and compulsive symptoms (e.g., religious obsessions, contamination worries, checking, counting, and cleaning).

But if perfectionism pervades every aspect of your life--from finding Mr. Right, to choosing a perfect outfit in the morning, to picking the right dish from the menu every time, to cleaning your apartment--you may have obsessive tendencies.

She also has a touch of obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding non-food-related things -- cleaning, laundry, the numeral three.

The Egyptians were obsessive about cleanliness, using a natural soda compound called natron for cleaning the mouth and sometimes a chewing reed to massage the teeth.

MOCQ-R consists of 21 dichotomous items, split into three subscales, each comprising 7 items investigating the three main specifications of the obsessive-compulsive disorder: checking (behaviours related to repeated and unnecessary checking), cleaning (worries about hygiene, cleanliness, and unlikely contamination), and doubting-ruminating (recurrent doubts and intrusive thoughts) [ 40, 42, 43].

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