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Why accommodation fatigue shows up in small gestures

My girlfriend says my OCD rituals don't bother her, but she's started doing things to speed them up and I can feel her impatience even when she doesn't say anything.

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Her subtle attempts to manage your compulsions reveal the exhaustion she cannot directly express.

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