Question: when you guys got diagnosed, did they also tell you the subtypes you had or did you guys come to that on your own? Just wondering 🤷‍♀️

A diagnosis doesn't always include subtypes because themes don't really "exist." Of course, people with OCD display similar overarching worries, but in the end it's all OCD. Harm, real event, POCD, ROCD, they're all just different masks the disorder puts on. It'll manifest in whatever way it can to get your attention and get you to do compulsions. That said, themes are helpful for helping people realize that what they're struggling with is in fact OCD. Without the discussions of subtypes, I wouldn't have ever guessed I have OCD. I always thought it was about hand washing and organizing.

Thank you for all your comments. Good to know! Thank you!

I had no idea subtypes even existed until last month. Indid a ton of research, listened to podcasts, talked with someone who also has OCD and just kind of figured it out from there. I struggled with OCD for over 30 years and never know. I thought OCD was just washing your hands a lot and having everything neat and organized. I never had either. But once I started learning about the other subtypes things started clicking for me.

I learned about subtypes through the things I experienced and researching the disorder

Themes change so it doesn’t matter. You don’t need to know or focus on uour theme because at the core the ocd is the samw

I’m going to sound 100 years old right now, but when I was diagnosed there were no subtypes, or at least I was not told of any. I just had OCD that displayed itself in certain ways.