I have a neighbor who feels like he has to do his lawn all the time even though it is already perfect. I think he really has OCD with it because he is out there almost everyday doing it. Now there is not shame in being prideful of a nice lawn and there needs to be more people who actually take care of their lawn but remember that in nature, anything in excess is a bad thing.
I think that I don’t know enough about this guy to tell whether he does it out of fear and that if his lawn care is a compulsion or not, but I will tell you this. This is an early tell tale sign of OCD. When someone at first does something a lot because they feel responsible, then they take it over the edge and all of a sudden they feel like they have to do it and that is how OCD gets ya.
If you have a problem with maintaining your lawn too much, you know who you are. Your fears may be that the neighbors won’t think highly of you if your lawn is not immaculate and then your brain creates all kinds of fears and you feel a compulsion to redo the lawn or check it again or do something new to it all the time. There are sometimes thin lines between passions and obsessions.
Take action: What you really need to think about is are you doing this out of fear? Do you perform the ritual of doing lawn work because you feel like you have to and not because you enjoy it? Think about it.
Source by Derek Soto