Sports

Perfectionism is a common trait of people with ocd. It’s not the most helpful way of approaching life. And learning to be more compassionate towards yourself in life and in sports could help your ocd and even make you perform better at your sport because you can get out of your head and feel less unproductive stress.

Yeah i was always obsessed with being the best at whatever sport i was involved. I would obsessively lift weights to try to be stronger, faster, etc. to the point of injury. The perfectionism was very bad. You have to expose yourself to not training so hard. To relaxing more and enjoying things other than sports. Doesnt mean you have to stop competing in whatever sport you love. Just means curtailing your obsession with it. Because your greatest strength, in my case and maybe yours, is determination and perfectionism. And your greatest strength can become your greatest weakness.