one thing that really bugs me is the stereotype that all people with ocd are organized and have perfectly clean houses
like while that may be true in some cases, it can be quite the opposite for other people.
like for example, hoarding is connected with ocd. but a lot of people brush off hoarders as being lazy or gross because they dont fit that clean freak stereotype everyone associates with ocd
and when my ocd was really severe, i would avoid cleaning as much as possible because i didn’t want to deal with being triggered. cleaning meant touching contaminated things, touching contaminated things meant intrusive thoughts, and so on. honestly even today when my ocd is less focused on contamination, i still dread changing the litter box or taking out the garbage for those exact reasons
and then there’s people with ocd who don’t have any worries about contamination whatsoever. im willing to bet a lot of these people go undiagnosed or aren’t always taken seriously
basically the whole stereotype that ocd = neat freak is extremely harmful. yes, some of us fit that stereotype, but it does not define ocd, and that idea is actively hurting people
Paralyzing perfectionism is also a big problem for some people. That can help you get totally overwhelmed and be unable to do much to improve the situation, or (as also mentioned there) do things like spend hours scrubbing at the shower tile grout with a toothbrush while other more important things don’t get done.
ETA: I have a couple of relatives who do manage the more stereotypical extremely clean house thing. And I had no clue until a few years ago that perfectionism severely getting in the way of that can be just as much of an OCD problem. There’s just so much moralism around this stuff.