The Grinch
Thank you for reading my blog,
Before getting into everything let me let you know that Rachel and I talked about wearing a mask on the airplane and not at Disneyland with doubt and reasonable doubt for only a minute, but she did tell me that I wasn’t completely right. She told me we can discuss it more next time to get me to understand. Sorry for not being exactly right. One reason we didn’t get to talk about this so much was I was having some issues with mom’s passing. One of the issues is mom sends out Christmas cards to everyone every year. I’m getting Christmas cards from people who didn’t know she passed. I tried to inform everyone of her passing, but I missed some. I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to respond with a Christmas card back saying she passed. By the way, it is okay to do. I also added my phone number in the card as well if they wanted to talk about it. It was extremely difficult for me to receive the Christmas cards. Another difficult thing for me was decorating this year. It took me two days to decorate the inside of the house only, and I didn’t decorate that much. Let’s move on.
Now for my OCD issue for this week. If you don’t know, I do maintenance at an prek- 4 elementary school. I was asked to put on a Grinch costume for the kids. What I did learn was that people who are claustrophobic cannot wear masks. I’m not claustrophobic, but someone who said they would do it until they saw the costume was. I had some issue with wearing the costume due to the fact that I have OCD. This wasn’t a new costume. Several people have worn it in the past. The office manager talked me into wearing it for the preschool classes. Tracy the costume hasn’t been worn in a year. You will be okay. You don’t want to let the children down. I wasn’t okay, but I didn’t want to let the children down. I also wasn’t having big anxiety over wearing it, which surprised me. I got a little tightness in my chest for a little bit, however once I got around the children most everything went away. It was hot in the mask, especially in the afternoon. I had to put it on twice. The office manager talked me into going to kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade as well. Kindergarten students were in the cafe practicing for their program later that day, so I went over there to surprise them, but they were running late. One of the teachers dressed up as Santa for some classrooms, and was over in the cafe waiting for kindergarten too. He and I waited in the kitchen until they came in and were on stage steps. He went out first, and I came out a minute later. He says OH NO! Started singing the Grinch song and the children joined in. It was fun. I am glad I did it.
The last two days have been hard on my OCD, but I will write another blog to tell you about it. It would make this blog long. I didn’t do good. It was hard. I will try to get it out this week.
I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Don’t let OCD, anxiety, or anything hold you back from doing anything you want to do this Christmas.
P.S. I tried to show you me as the Grinch, but cannot get it to work.
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January 10, 2026 is Phoenix One Million Steps for OCD Walk. 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at Kiwanis Park, Temp, Arizona, Check in at Ramada 14
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https://ocdandptsdtherapy.com/
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Please remember that I am not a therapist, but a person who has OCD, cares about others, and wants to help any way I can. I am not giving advice. I am just telling my own experiences, and praying my experiences help someone. If you need help please go get the help you need.
Until next time,
Tracy T. Agnelli
