![]() ![]() I live with Sexual orientation OCD and Harm OCD. In fact, ‘only 26.5% of people with OCD actually have cleaning compulsions’, according to OCD UK. Nine years on, OCD remains a deeply misunderstood mental illness associated with an incessant need for cleaning and symmetry. It presented OCD as an advantageous and superior trait, where people with the condition would come and help people with extremely dirty homes. Shows like ‘Obsessive-Compulsive Cleaners - All 4’, were a terrible representation and an ill-informed education to viewers as to what OCD is like. And, if it were as simple as thinking about something other than the thoughts, we wouldn't be tormented by OCD. Those without OCD dismiss them automatically with little consequence or anxiety, we with OCD cannot - a thought pops into our head and we are suddenly overwhelmed by an unnaturally high level of anxiety and then we continue to worry (understandably) because we can’t get rid of the thoughts or the feelings of fear. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent, intrusive and unwelcome thoughts, otherwise known as obsessions. I was diagnosed with OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), a mental illness that creates guilt, shame and embarrassment due to the taboo nature of uncontrollable intrusive thoughts. ![]()
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