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The time that he had lashed out at me, he wasn’t going to the therapy appointments due to scheduling conflicts. This put him under a lot of stress and caused his behavior to shift in an unfriendly manner. \n\nI had asked him about his daily routine and he let me in on some fine details. Justin makes sure everything in each room is where it needs to be before leaving. He has difficulty going from room to room in his home if he sees that something is not in its place. He’s said that the feeling it gives him when something is out of place, that he can’t fix, is similar to the need to rip off one’s own limbs. He feels like something is crawling on his skin and he can’t breathe. The only way to fix this is to fix the out of place object. In our case, it was the toilet paper. I had no idea at the time how I was making him feel, even though he told me. I had thought that he was exaggerating his feelings on the situation, and I should have listened. I’m thankful for his insight and the chat we shared. \n\nI also interviewed my dad, who happens to have a clean bill of health, to see where he stands on the “Over” verses “Under” debate. We sat at the kitchen table and I pulled out a roll of toilet paper, which earned a quizzical look and a strange smile from my papa. “What’s going on?” He asked. “I have a few questions for you about toilet paper. It’s for an essay.” That got him to nod and, naturally, he leaned in and said,” Okay, shoot.” I asked, “If you were to go to the restroom to refill the toilet paper roll, which way would you place the new roll? Flap over, or under?” I handed the roll to him, hoping to get a straight answer. He raised an eyebrow and said, “Which ever way feels easiest. 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If they aren’t being treated for their OCD, they may have an outburst like Justin did, or worse. “When left untreated, OCD and anxiety are associated with ongoing impairments in social, academic, and family functioning (Clinical Psychology).” Some ideas have come about to alleviate the stress of deciding how to put your TP on the roll. Curtis Batts invented the “tilt-a-roll,” which helped by allowing the user to simply flip the roll and choose over or under with the flick of a wrist (Wikipedia).\n\nIf you take a look at google, typing in “Toilet Paper Orientation”, you’ll find several articles on the subject. In all of the articles that I read, the surveys came back showing that people preferred the toilet paper fold to be placed over rather than under. In the text “Over or under? The science of toilet paper orientation” studies showed a majority of 70% wanting their toilet paper to dispense over instead of under.\n\nPros and cons were listed in the aforementioned text for both sides. 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Allie wanted to be the scribe for these sessions and so she didn’t touch the board at all this go around.\n\nEmma and I had never participated in this before, but Allie had a few times. She was happy to guide us on the rules and so on, even though Emma and I had read them several times and looked it up online to be sure. We weren’t to lift our hands from the planchette, ask anything super rude, and if either of us got a nasty feeling, we were to speak up immediately and move the planchette to “goodbye” without hesitation.\n\nWith our hands on the planchette, Emma and I moved it around the board three times. One of us asked, “Is there anyone here that would like to talk to us?” It took a moment for our first question to be answered, but eventually the piece we were touching moved to “yes.” \n\nI grinned at the board and almost didn’t believe it, but we kept going. “How many of you are here around us right now?” Our hands were guided to the number “3” on the board. 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As soon as we pushed the pointer around three times and moved it to “Hello”, our hands were guided over the letters W-E-L-C-O-M-E. Emma got wide eyed and smiled. I couldn’t help the smirk on my face either and asked, “How are you doing today?” We were sitting there for only ten seconds when the piece moved to the letters D-O-I-N-G-W-E-L-L. \n\nMy mind was being blown and I was in awe. This was actually working. My eyes welled up with tears. Someone from the otherside was talking to us. Sure, the last spot got some answers, but this one was moving so much quicker. We then asked, “Are we disturbing you?” to which the answer was one we didn’t want. Our hands were guided to “YES” and our faces turned to sad expressions. We apologized and said farewell to the person who had crossed. 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