Obsessed With Drains

I have a deep fascination with sewers, sewage, drains, pipes and everything related to these things. Ever since I was a little boy (much to my parents’ dismay), I’d throw things down the drain to see how far they’d go. On more than a few occasions I also tried to climb down the stormwater drains at the front of my house so that I could go to the sewers below. I didn’t realise at the time that my fascination with the drains would extend well beyond childhood and into adulthood. 

All signs in my childhood pointed to me having a weird obsession with drains. I’ve spent a lot of time with a counsellor trying to figure out why I have this obsession and actively try to stop myself from having it. I had to make a promise not to go anywhere near any drain repair company operating in Melbourne because if I did, I would likely want to jump in and help them do work that I’m nowhere near qualified to complete. My therapist said that it would be dangerous for me to be anywhere near any sort of plumbing job and made me swear that I would never pursue anything of the sort.

I’ll admit, it’s been hard to stay away from something that I am so obsessed with. I would do anything to watch a plumber fix a blocked drain. In the Oakleigh area, there are so many drains around that I have to close my eyes or look away when walking past them. It takes a lot of mental strength to be able to do so. I just want to go underground, be running around in the sewers and never come back up to the surface. I want to say “is that too much to ask?”, but I’ve already asked my therapist that same question countless times. The answer is always yes.

I hope that no one in my network reads this blog. Only a very small number of people know about my dark secret. I don’t want it getting out.