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Hi Alz1995

You ask how long it takes for someone to get dressed - and I was going to say I don't know - but I googled it. And according to a survey done by Marks and Spencer it is 17 minutes. alexaanswers.amazon.com/question/5eONeBv...gh%20our%20wardrobes. - I can't find a copy of the original poll, but if you are getting dressed 4 times it will take you far longer than 17 minutes, and it will cause you a great deal more stress than a person without OCD.

I'm not surprised you despair that they think because you don't have broken skin, you're okay - some people wash until their skin is almost flaking off and others don't, but the impact on your mental health can be equally destructive because you're not able to break the ritual.

BIS

Hi Alz1995,
I suspect you may have done this before, but I think you might need to repeat this. I think it would be a good idea for you to write a diary over the next few days. There is ordinarily a month to send in the MR request, but if you have a reasonable excuse you can send this in up to 13 moths after the decision date. So don't worry about being late, it is important to get everything right.
Get a few blank pieces of paper or a notebook. Write down exactly what happens over the day. Be brutally honest and check times if you can.
Write down exactly what you do when the OCD strikes. This is an example I have made up, which might be the sort of thing you could write.
Woke up 7.30am. Bathroom walked to the basin then back to the bed 3 times. The bed is 15ft from the basin. Then take off pyjamas, fold them neatly put on the chair in the bathroom. Run bath. Water has to come up to 12 inches deep. I measure this 4 times. I test temperature it has to be 34° . If the water is too hot I have to add cold, and that means I have to check the temperature again. It usually takes 15 minutes to get the depth and temperature correct. Before I get in I have to arrange the soap, flannel and shampoo in a straight line along the left side of the bath. Then I get in. I first wash my left arm and left leg etc etc etc
Describe the whole process for bathing, then for dressing, cooking, including tidying afterwards. If every day is the same, then one day of diary will be OK. If not what happens on other days. What can go wrong.
Describe all of these things, and of course the way you do PIP activities and how the other things might affect these. I think this will show the constant struggles you have.
This is only suggestion, but this is the sort of things I will write to explain for clients, that can't do PIP activities due to a whole lot of other troubles going on.
I hope this helps.
LL26