Why Do I Have This Overwhelming Urge to Reorganize My Life?
Common during hormonal transitions and midlife
“The cleaning frenzy is real. I cleaned every edge and border of the power outlets with a cotton swab and alcohol. To this day I do not know what possessed me to do that.”
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I nested **hard** during my third trimester. At one point I decided I needed to clean all the light switches in the house. One day I needed a screwdriver, and when I went to put it back, I realized...
The cleaning frenzy is real. I cleaned every edge and border of the power outlets with a cotton swab and alcohol. To this day I do not know what possessed me to do that.
Scrubbed every possible nook and cranny of my home with a toothbrush. Angry, furious cleaning. Decided that babies can’t be around carpet bc it isn’t clean so we spent THOUSANDS ripping up carpet and...
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