As most people know OCD is actually somewhat of a thing that people tend to use as excuses for anything. Oh you know I am so OCD because I brush my teeth like 3 times a day.
Brushing your teeth could be a OCD thing because you HAVE to do it but otherwise you probably just do it because you want to. Some people have to do everything in threes.
Connecting what you do to OCD if you really dont have it can really be an issue because for people who do have the disorder life is pretty hard.
Difficulty turning the light off without turning it on again just to make sure you know everything is alright before you go to the dark is annoying.
Everyone always questions you. Why do you always turn the light back on?? Well its because I HAVE to do it. I dont know why but its just what I have to do.
Feeling like you are trapped in your little obsessions sometimes, just HAVING to do it all. Without it you really do feel like something is completely wrong.
Going through your day trying to ignore all the repititions of things other cleanliness and organization is really nearly impossible.
Having OCD is really just a lot different than you think. Sometimes everything has to do with numbers and if its not the right multiple or number its all wrong. Could you imagine?
In a world where everything has to be a multiple of 3 or its not okay at all. Even washing your hands has to be that way.
Just without grabbing 3 paper towels its all wrong and you sometimes panic about it all and just panic because its all wrong.
Kicking yourself for doing something dumb, something completely out of the ordinary that isnt ever a part of you life.Which is really ridiculous.
Letting it all go is sometimes impossible unless you have a very valid reason to forget all of your 'morals' and routines otherwise it all stays the same.
Making the effort to stop your obsessions is really difficult and if someone is willing to do that for you, you must be pretty damn special.
Nothing can really make you stop unless its someone you really truly care about because otherwise you NEED to do them.
Officially ending something like that if really hard and just should really mean a lot to you if you are the one that the person with OCD is ending something for.
Probably wondering what it looks like to see someone with OCD who really cares about another human being enough for that right?
Question will be answered with this poem by a real person with OCD: Neil Hilborn - "OCD" (Rustbelt 2013)
Really its quite astounding to hear how much someone cares about another being to be able to overcome parts of their disorder.
Sometimes it really is hard to believe the tendencies people have and can be able to stop after lifetimes of routine.
Truthfully when it comes to OCD I really do believe that even though it is a disorder it shouldnt really be used against someone who has it.
Under the light switches at a school it says DO NOT LICK. Strange, probably for a reason, like a tendency of someone with OCD perhaps.
Very odd I know but things like that do happen and they wont stop because well, why should they care about what the rules say they NEED to do it.
Without further ado, I would like to say, like those light switches, lock the door four times, make sure you take 49 steps to the basement. Do it
Xylophones have to have a certain note played when you walk by JUST HIT THE NOTE, no one will care, just maybe think you are weird.
You just do you and it will be great and if anyone ever tells you its weird dont worry about it, if it really matters and you care about them try to hold back its ok.
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