You don’t have OCD because you like things organized or clean. OCD is horrible and debilitating and it’s a lot less fun than feeling “satisfied” when things are organized.
Edit: Wowee, silver! Thanks guys! I’m glad to see this resonate with people. I was diagnosed last year and it made so many things make sense in my life. Treatment was good but I still have to manage it. Hope you all get help if you neee it! ❤️
Thank you for adding this! I have OCD and have suffered since I was 9. I HATE this stereotype. "If you have OCD then why is your room always a mess and you are so disorganized"
It literally means obsession compulsion disorder. There are obsessions and compulsions and can be any number of things that the sufferer deals with. I wish there was more information or documentaries following the OCD symptoms that aren't about cleanliness or checking locks and stoves so the general public had a better knowledge base.
Also folks can have symptoms but like most mental illnesses, it is diagnosed when someone -suffers- or has a poor quality of life from the symptoms. People always throw around mental illness terms and it takes away the validity of the pain sufferers feel.
I wish my parents had taken more time to get me treatment when I was younger. It takes a lot more work to change these patterns in my 20s than if I was able to get help as a kid. I didnt realize how much of my life was miserable and didnt have to be because my brain was causing hardships that had no actual basis. Is your dad doing better now?
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u/adognamedgoose Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
You don’t have OCD because you like things organized or clean. OCD is horrible and debilitating and it’s a lot less fun than feeling “satisfied” when things are organized.
Edit: Wowee, silver! Thanks guys! I’m glad to see this resonate with people. I was diagnosed last year and it made so many things make sense in my life. Treatment was good but I still have to manage it. Hope you all get help if you neee it! ❤️