living-with-lyme:

i hate hate hate hate telling people i have OCD!!!!!

i either get “oh i’m OCD too i always have to keep things organized :///”
or
“omg do you wash your hands a lot??”

or stuff along the lines of that or even people telling me that i don’t really have it because i don’t do certain stereotypical “things” people who have OCD do.

like OCD is so so so much more than being organized. if you like being organized and stuff along the lines of that, it’s called being a PERFECTIONIST.

OCD is having obsessions and compulsions. OCD is hell.
OCD is NOT fun, do not tell people you would “love to have OCD” because it would help you become more organized.

also HATE the whole using OCD as an adjective thing. you can’t say “i’m so obsessive compulsive disorder” ??? that’s like saying “i’m so anxiety”, “i’m so fibromyalgia”, it doesn’t work because THEY ARE DISORDERS!!!!!! NOT!!! ADJECTIVES!!!!!