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I go about it as, “I tend to get in my head a lot about things like you know when you had a conversation with someone and really weren’t sure how it went? Or you question if you’re in the right ____ job, relationship, etc. and you’re really unsure? It’s like that but my mind tends to obsess about it, and it’s hard to let it go. It really makes me question and overthink things that are important to me.” Think of some of those OCD type fears that a lot of people can relate to. People have some of the same questionings and fears but not to a disabiling extent. It’ll never be easy to explain, but try to break it down into bits they can understand. They’ll never be able to fully empathize but at least they’ll have something to relate it to. Good luck 💞

Proud that you’re looking to be an advocate and help pave the way for others who may struggle with OCD 🌻

Sometimes a think about It to, i live in Brazil and when i want surch for deep informativo about ocd i have to search in english. A feel that people dont really now what is the real ocd, that IS even more that they think about It. May you can create a YouTube Chanel pra something like this. People have to now more about OCD!

Sometimes I just say, “Yeah I actually have really bad OCD. This event is hard right now because _____. It’s super annoying.” They’ll just nod and be understanding I find.

For me it's more the opposite. I'm a very open person and I tend to over share things or over communicate my feelings with everyone, so for me sharing my ocd experience can almost become a compulsion. But every response was very positive/they were very understanding and compassionate but also said they couldn't relate. Most of my friends have seen my distress that I went through so they couldn't kinda tell smt was wrong. But if I tell people that didn't see me in that state I just tell them I have ocd and it's hard and I'm in therpay for it. And sometimes if I want to go deeper I tell them how I felt when I was at my worst and that i had these fears that made me depressed and I cried all the time etc. I more despribe how I felt than anyhting. But I guess that's just me 😊 I found so far that people are very understanding of it