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It’s pretty trivial, I know, but does anyone know why mistakes have occurred here that were not on the old forum? I mean with messages which were on the old forum and are now here? The ‘a’ dirty in my first message on this thread mystifies me! And can we no longer preview messages?
Isn't it worrying that an obsessional personality can be distraught over a fear and yet still find room for perfectionism?! Does that indicate hope for me or no hope?! Are brain transplants available yet?
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Hi Tricia
How are you today? I am thinking of you and hoping you are feeling better. I was wondering whether this colder weather affects mice, making them stop breeding so fast or causing them to hibernate? I'm wishing you a long respite from your protracted trauma, along with a deep sense of peace and tranquility whatever the circumstances.
Tricia wrote:
Are brain transplants available yet?Yes, but not on the NHS. You have to pay to go private. Male brains are more expensive than female brains .... because they come in a much newer condition, having not been used so much.
I've been told that mice do hibernate in the winter, but there's no sign of mine doing that yet. I heard the little sod scrabbling about again last night. 
Can't wait until one of my traps catches it.
Parvez, I like that black cat in your avatar. Pretty cute.
And Tricia, I hope you're okay.
Best wishes all,
Steve 
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Steve, I had not heard that they hibernate, but certainly they don’t breed during cold months,. Of course, it’s not that cold in the house, at least not if you have a fur coat on, me in my underwear is another story! Do you think your mouse can get into other people’s flats? I wonder what he is living on, or is he managing to remove food from the traps?
Parvez, You made me laugh, thank you for that!!
How is your ‘therapy’ going?
Tricia x
Tricia
I asked my Pain Management Consultant for a brain and body transplant. He's said that I would have to wait as he was before me in the queue, but that he would swap places in queue if body he was offered was rubbish.
Shame that we can't reboot our brains like we can computers 
Glad I'm not the only one that walks around in underwear, I tend to do it to cut down on laundry as I think that I'm single handed keeping EDF afloat this year.
Let me know how you are.
Truddles
Hello Tricia
I don't think my mouse is getting into other tenants' flats here, as none of them have any mice. And I don't know what mine is living on, but I think they can go a long way on just a small amount of food on the point of the trap. I do suspect that mine is coming in from outside, anyway. And yes, he is managing to remove food from the traps, has done from a couple of traps once. 
Steve x
Tricia wrote:
Parvez, How is your ‘therapy’ going?
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Thanks for asking. I haven't made any progress in the last few weeks but at least I've not gone backwards. I've got to the stage where further progress would mean risking a frightening degree of contamination. At the moment there are many things I avoid touching that are probably not contaminated but there is a small chance they may be contaminated and therefore I don't risk touching them, just in case. In this way I try to preserve my own little world from becoming irretrievably soiled (you know we discussed before how a tiny contaminant can quickly spread out of control). I think I could cope living with an average standard of hygiene (ie. rarely washing my hands, stroking dogs etc.) if it weren't for my obsession about food. I don't eat sumptuous food (my food bill is about £10 per week) but I enjoy what I eat and I would say with embarrassment that food is my greatest pleasure. 
I am petrified of getting any kind of contamination in my mouth or up my nose that would hurt my tongue or impair my taste buds and spoil my pleasure of eating. I think this is an ignoble way to be, since there are much more important issues in life, but it is so difficult to change my petty obsession.
How are you feeling today, Tricia?
Parvez
PS. I listened to Chopin's 2nd piano concerto recently. The slow middle movement is out of this world. Beautiful and very peaceful. Do you know it?
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Parvez, Truddles and Steve, Sorry it seems as if I have ignored you. I've not been online for a few days.
Parvez, Yes, I love Chopin's 2nd. Did you see the Beethoven lecture on BBC4 (or 2) a couple of years back? He had to have exactly 60 coffee beans in his cup and walked around his apartment pouring water over his hands.
I've just seen your latest thread. I'm very pleased, will reply to it when I can.
Truddles, It looks as if you and I would make a good pair. A person trying to persuade me to switch energy supplier asked whether I resided in Buckingham Palace or whether my meters were connected to the whole street! Wish I could say I am warm from all that wasted energy, but it goes on hot water mainly, I'm still shivering.
I do hope you are doing better. I was very alarmed when I read your latest message.
Steve, They are so crafty, aren't they? I think they can live on very small amounts of food. We are not even seeing food taken from traps now. We still hear a noise occasionally, so they haven't all gone.
Tricia x
Hi Tricia,
I have been meaning to send you a pm and add you onto my friends list but havnt managed how to do this yet.
Sorry you still have the issue of the mice, my friends daughter had mice and they really made her depresed and she didn't have ocd or depression so know its going to be much much worse for you.
Take care
Teresa
Hi Tricia,
I really must get a little more organised as getting confused as to who I have and haven't replied to OCD or just plain senility 
Seriously I'm dreading the size of utility bills this winter. Good job not on a water meter or I'd be bankrupt with the amount of water that I use.
I appreciate the support that you've given me and I'm sorry to have frightened you. Though frightened myself with the intensity of the thoughts.
I'm really depressed and either stop eating or eat for England. This time I can't stop eating, I'm permanently hungry at the moment 
Love
Trudy
Steve, this is just an idea, but it might work. Can you find where the mouse gets in? If so, try sprinkling a lot of pepper there. A mouse's nose is practically on the ground, so I should think that would put it off!
Or if you can get at the place it is when it makes all the noise, you could just put an old sheet or something in the bottom of it to stop the noise. Worked a treat when we had mice in our loft.
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Teresa, I’m sorry, I have just read the latest messages here. I’ll add you as a friend, but don’t forget you can e-mail me any time. I will write to you later in the week, I’ve not forgotten you, but things have been so hectic with the mice etc. I do hope you are doing better than you were.
Truddles, we seem to have a lot in common, don’t we?
It’s not senility, nor actual OCD, it’s the stress caused by it. I am struggling to recall who I’ve replied to.
Like you, I either eat very little when depressed or crave food, especially chocolate, all the time.
I reached the conclusion, today, that I am beyond help. I was actually banging my head and sobbing in despair a few weeks ago, when the mice kept appearing and the panic over contamination was overwhelming me. We’ve been down to one or two for the last three weeks. I know because so little food is being eaten. The mouse won’t go near any traps, wooden where they can be released or electronic. It’s been existing on crumbs.
Eventually, out of desperation, it entered one of the electronic traps and died instantly. I removed it’s body and sobbed when I saw how emaciated it was. I also think of its weeks of living alone and I feel so depressed and evil. My husband is the opposite, relieved it’s gone. What the hell is wrong with me?!
Love, Tricia xx
Hello Tricia
Nothing is wrong with you, its just the OCD making you feel that way. You're not evil, just someone who is sick of being infested with mice. Most decent, ordinary people would use mouse traps which would kill the mice, and feel no compassion towards the dead mouse. And those people are NOT evil. But you did feel a lot of compassion for the fried mouse. You only did what you had to do, and didn't even get an ounce of pleasure out of it. But a lot of people would have done.
So its just your OCD again, Tricia, ignore it.
Wombat, I've no idea where exactly the mouse is getting in. If I did, I may try your idea. Then if that failed to stop it coming in, then the next step would be to set a trap right at its entry point. So the next time the nuisance decided to enter my flat, there'd be a rather unpleasant surprise waiting for it.... lol
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