Living with OCD and its stereotype
I'm not an organised person. I'm not tidy. I'm definitely not neat. I don't "feel uncomfortable" when a picture is hanging at an angle. So.. I can't " be OCD " right? The truth is, even if all of those things were true, it doesn't equate to obsessive compulsive disorder. OCD has become a term that's thrown around so often these days, I thought I'd share the truth behind the disorder. For starters, OCD is not an adjective. A person cannot "be a bit OCD" - a person can have obsessive compulsive disorder. OCD is not the same as perfectionism, or being organised and neat, and it is not restricted to a fear of contamination. Quite simply - and pretty literally - OCD is the process of having obsessive, intrusive, upsetting thoughts which cause deep anxiety and carrying out 'compulsions' in order to relieve this anxiety and stress. Whilst a lot of people who have OCD hand wash excessively this is not the ...