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- 6y
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- 6y
I think sometimes OCD is used as slang to mean that you’re particular about the way things are organised and I think that most of the time although people don’t understand what ocd is they do understand that that isn’t what it is. I try to separate the slang term from the actual thing because otherwise I just get angry. But I definitely still get triggered by it when people say it because I worry that people will realise I actually have it.
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- 6y
Holy crap I have hated people using OCD as an adjective since 1992. That was when I was diagnosed.
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- 6y
Good! I wish I had the guts to do that
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- 6y
I get offended too. Maybe educate her on the real meaning and how OCD is a serious mental illness.
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Even when I straight up tell people I have it, take meds, etc, they go into a long thing about how they have it, too, and then talk about how they have to keep some dumb thing lined up or how obsessive they are about cleaning their fridge or something stupid. I usually respond with well the difference between that and clinically diagnosed ocd is that one interferes with normal daily functioning to the point of debilitation and the other doesn’t. Most still don’t get it. It’s offensive. It’s akin to someone saying I have cancer and someone else responding with oh, yeah, I have that too sometimes.
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- 6y
I know, it sucks, I think maybe by saying they have it too they’re trying to make us feel better like we just said we were weird and they were like “don’t worry, me too!” It pisses me off but I’m not sure what u can really do
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- 6y
I try to educate people a bit if they seem receptive. I used to not talk about my ocd with anyone but then I decided that if it’s ever going to be de-stigmatized that people need to see what a person with ocd is really like, and that we’re not just some stereotype.
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- 6y
I didn’t have the guts until I was in my 40s. I’m considerably older now. ??
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- 19w
OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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I never heard about people with OCD who have messy living conditions. Maybe this is why it took so long to accept my diagnosis. Although I really dont like how OCD is percieved at by the majority of people, I feel like Im weird or something because I dont fit into that stereotype. I understand that a lot of people with OCD have this issue, but why do I feel so different? If anybody else has/had this belief, what helps with feeling more comfortable? Everytime my mom points out my room, and how its messy- Its like I feel so lazy and useless. So then I often plan out everything I was going to do, step by step, always having a reasoning behind everything, because logic always comforts me. When I start tidying up my room, I go full out (Sheets, Laundry, Clorox, Candles, Vaccuming, Then I start going through the guinea pigs cage to rearranging all of their stuff) Yet always somewhere after doing a few things, I start feeling disgusting and almost shameful of myself. 99% of the time I end up laying on my floor sobbing, noting every little thing about my room. How my furiniture doesnt match, how i would rather have solid floor like hardwood or vinyl instead of the carpet, usually things i cant change… and then barely anything gets done in my room. I start to have a meltdown and often dont take care of myself even more afterwards. A piece of me feels like my thoughts are just me being a spoiled brat and wanting everything i dont have- meanwhile others dont even have a roof over their head. The other piece of me is just tired, just emotionally exaughsted. Please comment any thoughts or recomendations to maybe improve motovation and attitude towards doing long tasks.
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- 10w
I bought some books on OCD because I like education and would like to know a little more behind why I feel or think this way. I opened up to my mom about this and she keeps saying I’m obsessed with having OCD, she doesn’t actually believe I have it, and that I forced myself to have those thoughts. She then told me she’s going to ask her mental health provider (she’s a nurse) if you can give yourself a mental illness because she said there’s no way someone could spiral out of control within a few days the way I did.
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