I really am thankful that I can mostly function throughout the day, I don’t take that lightly. But I also baffle myself: how can I be struggling so much in my mind and appear totally fine, even to my family and close friends? How can OCD be so painful and so salient to me and so invisible to others? It makes me feel like I’m making this all up and it’s so confusing and sometimes frustrating, though I wouldn’t rather have it be obvious to others

Struggling Mentally With OCD While Appearing Normal On The Outside

 You’re not making anything up. No one else can be inside your mind except you. So it’s really easy for people to overlook it. And I don’t think any of us with OCD want to walk around saying hey I have OCD which would pretty much be the only way someone would really know unless you’re compulsions are really really obvious I’m talking like Sheldon Cooper level shit