‼️[TW: slight gore; OCD intrusive thoughts mention]‼️
something that i am INCREDIBLY infuriated at is how OCD is presented and shown in media.
they will make people saying that they need to turn a light on and off 12 times to prevent their family from dying as a funny skit for people to laugh at, when in actuality that’s how it feels and seems to that person. it is so real to that person.
and also, they only seem to present OCD in an afraid of germs way, and the turning the light on and off way, when once again, in actuality, it is pretty damn common that OCD isn’t even obvious, and also looks much more like avoiding things in a very much less obvious way.
and like yes, OCD can also be being afraid of germs, and having obvious compulsions, but that’s not the only way it can be seen, and i don’t think i’ve ever seen representation of OCD that’s in another way, one that’s more like MY OCD.
i want more COMMON depictions of OCD that AREN’T used as FUNNY LITTLE SKITS.
and it’s infuriating and frustrating that how literally SO MANY PEOPLE don’t ACTUALLY know what OCD is! they think it’s liking things organized, liking things clean, and etc. and SIMPLY that.
they don’t realize it involves INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS that are unwanted and are highly distressful and don’t leave us alone most of the time/when severe.
and on top of that, they don’t fucking know the difference between intrusive thoughts and impulsive thoughts.
impulsive thoughts is “oh i just cut off all my hair cuz i felt like it” and intrusive thoughts is “i had the sudden image of jabbing these scissors into my skull”
intrusive thoughts are not fucking fun, and ALL those with OCD struggle have them, pretty much daily, and usually have a deep core belief that they are a bad person (depending on the intrusive thoughts) because of them their WHOLE LIVES, whether they know they have OCD or not, whether they’ve been in therapy for it or not.
i am fucking TIRED of people not knowing what OCD is, not knowing what intrusive thoughts are, and the misinterpretation/one interpretation of it in media.
every time i see a misinterpretation or misinformation about it, i become absolutely livid.
if i had clearer representation of OCD growing up, i honestly would’ve known that i didn’t have all these horrible subconscious wishes, and that i wasn’t the worst person on the planet for my intrusive thoughts.
we need better representation immediately, and for people to actually care to represent it and understand it.