i think that any of us when faced with a situation that we find stressful we tend to pull more. for one person that can be cleaning their house, for another it can be a huge pile of homework, or it can be as simple as someone who causes you stress to walk into the room.
i think instead of taking on cleaning your whole house at once you should focus on one task at a time. and dont plan on doing the whole house in one day. if you make the job smaller and more spread out your stress over doing it will probably also lessen

I thought i was the only one who did this Catzz! I am the same way at home. I hate messiness. it stresses me out and i pull alll the time at home. I neverrrr pull at work. Its so weird

I too have trouble staying on task when cleaning! I don't expect it to be perfect, but I really let things slide for too long. One thing that helps me is to dedicate a half hour to each room. I set the timer and don't go over. That way I won't sit around looking at pictures and pulling my hair as I zone out because I have a limited amount of time! The timer rings and I set it again and move to the next room. I probably have ADD!

OMG!! I you are talking about me!!!! I do feel the same way and I have had to learn to that less is more for me! It will always be an issue, however I just try to take it one day at a time. Some day's everything stays on the floor or in the kitched sink and I try not to give myself a hard time and tell myself that it is ok Other day's are good and I can pick it up. My family has always nicknamed me,"Texas Tornado" I just never realized it was part of the trich. I have learned that it is what makes me wonderful!

Yes. I have a major problem with keeping areas clean except if I set a start and finish time for the project.
So, as suggested, just choose a short amount of time to do a particular area, and stop after the timer goes off.
This helps as you can see what you accomplished in a short amount of time and then by the time you do this several times in a row, you can keep it up a little easier because there is less to do.
Hang in there!

Thank you all sooooo much for your feed back! That definately makes me feel a bit less abnormal! I will try the suggestions. Thanks again!

I can see how you can feel overwhelmed about house cleaning. It looks so big and too much work. I suggest you do one thing at a time-one room-one section of that room. Take deep breathes too- do not give yourself such high expectations. The house is yours- take your time- do the dusting-one tabletop at a time; one mirror at a time- one bed change at a time- One section of the rug to vacuum or wash a floor at a time.
Focus on what you are doing at the moment- if your mind wanders- do not be mean to your self! Slowly go back to what you were doing. Slowly- deep breathes- focus.
This will help you not take the whole house as too much-but one thing at a time! Hope this encourages you and helps your anxiety.

Thanks, Lindalu! I will definately try your suggestions!