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		<description>PLUGS! 

Does anyone or has anyone dealt with this type of obsession?  I now have to unplu stuff when I leave the house to go to work. I n...</description>
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			<title>Comment by ahollen1</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i do this everynight before i go to bed: make sure everything is firmly plugged in, there are no clothes or anything laying over cords, and nothing can be near the plug in. i get freaked out if anything looks wrong. my boyfriends mom has an air freshener/night light in the bathroom, it worries me to...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:38:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Rocketgirl1028</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I found this onlinbe, but who knows.   
<a href="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_plug_in_air_freshener.htm" title="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_plug_in_air_freshener.htm" target="_blank"> http://urbanlegends.about.com/libr...</a> 
  
 I stopped uysing mine. I will use it if I am home and have left it plugged in when I <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> sometimes, but it made me ocd about it obviously.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:49:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by wolverinebob</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I usually unplug the toaster and coffeepot. I have a feeling my therapist is <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Keeping_Busy" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Keeping_Busy')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Going to Work">going to work</a> on this though.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:49:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Rocketgirl1028</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I would unplug the coffeepot too. I keep mine in a cabinet and I worry when it is in there even though there is no plug. The ocd says something could happen when it is not plugged in. I just need to remember, not plugged in, no electricity. I mean, stores sell things with plugs in the boxes and noth...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:28:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by RedInk</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[THAT IS ME!! I read in an OCD book one time about a woman who was obsessed about making sure her <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Iron">iron</a> was off. She would unplug the <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Iron">iron</a> and take the pulg and press it into her palm until it made a mark. On her drive to work if she obsessed about it being unplugged she would look at the mark to reas...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:06:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by efletcher</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm new and yes, I have this problem.  I have to unplug my hair straightener and my <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Caffeine" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Caffeine')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Coffee">coffee</a> pot or i feel like my house will burn down.  There are times when I cannot remember if I unplugged them and I go home only to see that they have been unplugged.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:45:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Savannah05</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have to unplug everyhing that I feel isnt nessicary to be plugged in and I have to keep going and hecking to make sure I did what I deem is nessicary I have to check and see that outlet is tight and it is firmly plugged in and nothing is near it and even the outlets with nothing plugged in I wont ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Rocketgirl1028</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[About the <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Iron')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Iron">iron</a>.  I ruined my candles bc I took them in my car when I went to my boyfriend's house who is over an hour away. They got dirty and another candle even melted, but that was in a glass jar.  I would bring my hair straighter in the car too. I want to <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> that in the closet, but I worry it...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:37:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lamakayin</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[lol, when I read the comment about the plug in the palm and pressing it in I thought "nice idea" too!  
  
 I dont have to unplug EVERYTHING (tv, alarm clocks, microwaves, etc.)...but a lot of things I unplug instantly, and I'm not just comfortable with the off switch, such as my hair straightener. It...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:23:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lamakayin</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Also, I will have to say out loud, to someone who is around me "You are turning off the straightener, the stove is off"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:24:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by wolverinebob</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'll let you guys know what my therapist has me do with this but I am guessing Rocket's idea will be the start. <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">Leave</a> the house for a short period of time with the coffepot/toaster plugged in. 
  
 You know whats really silly about this? I have an adult daughter living at home who could at any moment ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:47:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by snickers92</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I used to do it with my sons lamp in his room. I would unplug it right before I went to bed. I thought is was going to catch fire when I was sleeping. It took me a good couple weeks of forcing my self not to unplug it. Now I can <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> it alone. But I still worry.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:52:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Rocketgirl1028</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Obsessive_Compulsive_Disorder_OCD/forum/4136449-obsession/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I guess it is a matter of anything else with ocd. It is a matter of facing my fears and sit with the anxiety and go to work. If my bf is here and I can <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Leave')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Leave">leave</a> things plugged in if we arent going anywhere overnight. I guess it is the fact that he shares the responsibility. Not that I want him to burn ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:18:49 +0100</pubDate>
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