memoir

The author’s true to life existence as he coped with his hourly, 24/7 war fighting his six decades of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder behaviour. He takes a lighthearted - often comical - approach to this personally and socially crippling and yet unexplained illness from a patient/sufferers’ own eyes and hands.

His chronic anxiety goes through living in eleven countries, moving eighty-nine times and still trying to maintain family ties, friendships, and his financial planning career. My “Dirty Bomb” of my mind has followed me around the world through dozens of countries. In airplanes, trains, and buses. In buildings and in nature, there was no environment that was untouched and “Super Clean” forever.

The global Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has made my six decades of OCD cleaning behaviour the new world norm. I believe that the worst possible thing will happen to me if I don’t wash or take a shower. I really would be better off dead than live in a contaminated world. I spent 678 days self-isolating myself when
I lived in Incirlik, South Turkey. I SURVIVED and so can you. Physical and social distancing was my lifestyle since the 1970's. My 21/2 to 4-hour showers were done in order to cope and to survive.

So, “Bust the Moose” and I’ll see you in the shower, 2 metres apart.

Special thank you goes to Drs. Ronald Ballenger, Beatrice Breitling, Isaac Marks, and Kevin Mc Carthy.

"Remember wash your hands, wash your hands, and wash your hands