Mars
- Date posted
- 4y
kelsdavkelsdav
- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
I was just saying how much “how OCD are you” quizzes bother me. Yes symmetry and order is a type but it doesn’t define OCD and those quizzes I feel invalidate the reality of living with OCD
cwllmscwllms
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- 4y
omg i get ads on games that are genuine games about ‘ocd’ when it’s really just slotting things into gaps and im like if my issues could be solved like that i’d be the happiest girl alive
sillybilly sillybilly
- Date posted
- 4y
People are ignorant
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
Yeah :( it makes me so mad! I wish I could be open about my ocd but these same people who wanna throw ocd around like nothing would probably judge me and my themes.
sillybilly sillybilly
- Date posted
- 4y
@Mars If they judge you on your themes then that would say so much about them. They can’t claim they have ocd and shame someone who actually suffers from it??
person1person1
- Date posted
- 4y
I mean, here’s how I see it. Ocd sucks big time but on the other hand, I can also see how it has positively impacted my life. I feel blessed sometimes to have ocd because fighting this makes me stronger. It’s the challenges in life that sculpt who we are. They probably are dealing with some other kind of mental illness and think how everyone thinks: grass is greener on the other side. Hell, there are days where I want something different over ocd, but alas that is not how life works. I have met so many awesome people, and have discovered so many great things about this world because of ocd and the community we have built around helping one another.
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
I mean that’s true but that’s completely different from what these people were speaking about ? this was over organizing a fridge
RonaldRonald
- Date posted
- 4y
Why are you so invested in the ignorance of others. Of course they don’t understand ocd, no one who doesn’t have can understand it. Don’t obsess about ignorance, put your energy into truth.
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y
Its very likely a lot of those people don't even have ocd and just have traits that resemble ocd behaviors. Cause even contamination ocd can be very debilitating. I had to have this convo with a coworker yesterday. She is very open minded so she was surprised to learn ocd is more than just cleanlines.
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
Yes this! I’ve had fears of contamination sooo many times but my house is a hoarders mess. People just don’t get it.
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y
@Mars Yes! I hate cleaning but I also hate a dirty house. And sometimes Ill be bothered when my house gets a bit dirty, but it doesn't interrupt my life.
ARTnotOCDARTnotOCD
- Date posted
- 4y
This is why one thing I liked about the show Monk, was everytime someone would say he (the “obsessive compulsive detective”) had a “gift”, he’d reply, “and a curse”. Glad you have ya to vent with. We know the truth. Good vibes your way!
ARTnotOCDARTnotOCD
- Date posted
- 4y
*us to vent with. (I swear autocorrect is wackier here than everywhere else. I try to leave it as exposures, but that one was the opposite of what I tried to type. Lol)
person1person1
- Date posted
- 4y
I honestly don’t think they meant it in a harmful way. They have no idea what true ocd is like, only the highly commercialized form that everyone assumes is “ocd”. I kinda want to watch it though just to see, would you mind posting the link? Or at least tell me who made the video
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
https://vm.tiktok.com/JNdy8dn/ here’s the link to the video. I know it wasn’t like meant harmfully but it’s still definitely such a pet peeve of mine when people treat ocd like it’s nothing and or a joke. Just really annoys me.
person1person1
- Date posted
- 4y
@Mars I really don’t think she meant it in any harmful way, she just used ocd to describe it for a second. I mean Idk life’s too short. I say try to not let it bother you so much. Yes ocd sucks and it’s makes life hell, but at the same time you can’t let people who are unaware bother you. I completely respect your feelings and your thoughts on this, no doubt people have no idea what it’s really like. But don’t let it make you upset, most of the time people mean well.
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
@person1 I totally get what you mean, I guess it just does get frustrating bc so many people can’t even actually truly be open about their ocd because people would think terribly of them. Same people probably say they’re ocd for things like this. Just gets annoying to me big time.
person1person1
- Date posted
- 4y
@Mars Gotcha, I like that we have this app to discuss things like this though. I love having actual discussion about ocd and social aspects! Thanks for sharing the video btw!
MarsMars
- Date posted
- 4y
@person1 Yeah that’s why I appreciate this app too. It’s good to be able to share things like this to people who do understand.
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y
I’ve seen those videos! Like they’ll show an organized pantry and the voice over says “you say OCD is a disorder, I say it’s a blessing” or something along those lines. It annoys me not gonna lie, but also I think it’s a lack of awareness of the disorder. Whenever I see one of those videos, when I look at the comments it’s actually filled with people correcting them saying how OCD is an actually serious mental illness and shouldn’t be taken lightly. I think with more and more awareness we’ll get to a place where it’ll be taken more seriously. We could say the same things when people joke about people being “psychos” or “sociopaths” it’s used as a adjective without really knowing it’s a real thing
Evelyn4416Evelyn4416
- Date posted
- 4y
Plus if they say that they definitely don’t have OCD or they just have “OCS tendencies”. Before I was diagnosed with OCD, my old therapist (who for some reason could not see I have legit OCD) said I had “OCD tendencies” because I’d watching the same tv show or movie over and over again occasionally or listen to the same song over and over again sometimes if it was my current favorites. Those things didn’t distress me but for some reason it got labeled as so
luchalysolluchalysol
- Date posted
- 4y
@Evelyn4416 I do believe there is such a thing as ocd tendencies. I do think that is what people are confusing themselves into thinking they actually do have the disorder. Not saying at a few of them have their ocd under control, but these videos seem to show people with tendencies and they confuse it for the real thing.
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