When I first read about that thing, that people seemingly do online, I was a bit perplexed.
What thing?
Apparently, some people in the wide sea of the world wide web like to write things like
Oh, I am so OCD.
Below an Instagram image of their wardrobe, sorted by color.
It seems like a lot of people have absolutely no idea what OCD actually is.
Or better said, what it does to its sufferers.
To sum it up, if you think you are so OCD, first off how can someone be a mental illness?
Got that out of the way? Ok great.
So if you think you have OCD, because you sort your clothes by color, because that's what you want to do,
I am sorry, but you do not have a mental illness.
That's a weird sentence to write. Isn't it?
It is.
If you're neat or overly correct, fine. That's one thing. But as long as you do all that neaty stuff because you decide to do it, that's not OCD.
Want to know how OCD actually feels like inside a sufferer's head?
I found those quotes from sufferers pretty good insights.
Here's the link to the full article.
Below just 4 of the 17 quotes.
What thing?
Apparently, some people in the wide sea of the world wide web like to write things like
Oh, I am so OCD.
Below an Instagram image of their wardrobe, sorted by color.
It seems like a lot of people have absolutely no idea what OCD actually is.
Or better said, what it does to its sufferers.
To sum it up, if you think you are so OCD, first off how can someone be a mental illness?
Got that out of the way? Ok great.
So if you think you have OCD, because you sort your clothes by color, because that's what you want to do,
I am sorry, but you do not have a mental illness.
That's a weird sentence to write. Isn't it?
It is.
If you're neat or overly correct, fine. That's one thing. But as long as you do all that neaty stuff because you decide to do it, that's not OCD.
Want to know how OCD actually feels like inside a sufferer's head?
I found those quotes from sufferers pretty good insights.
Here's the link to the full article.
Below just 4 of the 17 quotes.
“It can look like still waters on the outside while a hurricane is swirling in your mind.”
“Picture standing in a room filled with flies and pouring a bottle of syrup over yourself. The flies constantly swarm about you, buzzing around your head and in your face. You swat and swat, but they keep coming. The flies are like obsessional thoughts — you can’t stop them, you just have to fend them off. The swatting is like compulsions — you can’t resist the urge to do it, even though you know it won’t really keep the flies at bay more than for a brief moment.”
“It’s like you have two brains — a rational brain and an irrational brain. And they’re constantly fighting.”
“Picture standing in a room filled with flies and pouring a bottle of syrup over yourself. The flies constantly swarm about you, buzzing around your head and in your face. You swat and swat, but they keep coming. The flies are like obsessional thoughts — you can’t stop them, you just have to fend them off. The swatting is like compulsions — you can’t resist the urge to do it, even though you know it won’t really keep the flies at bay more than for a brief moment.”
“It’s like you have two brains — a rational brain and an irrational brain. And they’re constantly fighting.”
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