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The casual use of the term 'OCD' is ridiculously harmful. I am a kitchen designer, and I daily have customers say something like "please can the cupboards line up becuase it will upset my OCD". I have started speaking up about it because I do genuinely hold pin a lot of blame over my delay in diagnosis on this blasé approach, as I have never been particular about symmetry. But I will never speak out about it too much - I usually just say 'i have OCD' to those people, and generally they go sheepish. What I want to say is similar to what you have written! I want to say something along the lines of: "I have OCD too. I get so caught up on hypotheticals that I constantly wrestle with suicidal thoughts. I have a constant court case in my head arguing my guilt over an impossible multitude of different situations, that I often perform checking habits that people notice, and if I can't check, I consider turning myself in or just ending it in order to assume control." It's a struggle, and I appreciate you so much for fighting the fight both with your OCD, and the people that unintentionally disparage it x
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Thank you guys! I’m glad I wrote it on there. I asked 2 of my friends what they thought of it before I posted and then said right and now for the anxious wait to see if anyone actually gives a crap 😂 even if I stopped one person from saying it I’d be pleased, I think it related my diagnosis because everyone makes OCD sound like nothing and also very stereotypical so it took me years to figure it out ❤️
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I think I will write a fictional story of this one --- I already have an idea. And also tomorrow, I will write a discussion about OCD on my secret blog haha
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Yes. (I'm so tired I can think so I just have up and wrote yes I got nothing........good job though mate.) 😊
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I love this. ❤️ Also, I can relate. For the most part, this is what OCD looks like for me too.
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I am sick of my brother he knows such things when he doesn't. Goodness, he is a stupid asshole
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