Hi dear, your mother is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). It's a psychiatric illness. The essential feature of this is recurrent obsessional thought and compulsive action like in mother case obsessional though is contamination of dirt and compulsion is washing or cleaning. These thoughts are very distressing to sufferers but they unable to control them. Please visit a psychiatrist get evaluated for same. OCD is a treatable condition so don't be worry about it.
Answered2016-04-21 13:40:22
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