#ocduk

[relatable-ocd]

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Some facts about OCD Upper half of picture has an orange background with white text saying: Some facts about OCD with a black D on the end of OCD. To the right there is black text saying: If you’ve ever said “I’m a little bit OCD”, then this handout is just for you! The bottom half has a white background and orange text saying: OCD fact with smaller black text bellow saying: Despite common misconceptions, only around 26.5% of people that suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder carry out compulsive rituals that involve washing or cleaning. At the bottom there is:  ocduk.org and their social media links as well as text in white on a gray strip at the very bottom of the page saying: OCD- It’s more than you think! and an orange circle with OCD uk to the right]

[veraharashy-blog]

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

‘As I remember, my intrusive thoughts began properly at the age of 16. At this point in my life, I did not understand what was happening; I thought I was a bad person for thinking what I was thinking. My fears came from the media, newspapers, stories I heard or events I had made up in my head. Little did I know at this point the more I was doing my compulsions the more I was feeding into my illness. I cannot quite pin point when my rituals began, but at one point I could not go into the bathroom without physically licking the taps’

Read the full of story of OCD and me here -

https://myjourneywithobsessivecompulsivedisorder.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/my-ocd-and-me/

[confettiitsaparadexo]

To anyone diagnosed and living with OCD.

First off hello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It's not going to be a very long post as I'm just wanting to ask a question or two. Feel free to answer or not answer me I'm just curious. So... My question is this. Do any of you visualise your OCD as anything? And what I mean by that is do you give it a character? Sorry if I'm confusing any of you I'm totally not very good at words I'll explain what I mean. I've suffered from OCD now for around 14 years and i've often been asked to describe what it's like which as you know yourselves can be a difficult task. So I've sort of adopted a character for it, made it a real thing you can visualise when trying to explain, it also helps me when I'm trying to calm myself down. I think of it as a him, a tiny, dark haired, somewhat angry cave man who I call Sam that lives in my head and comes out of his cave to tell me things I don't want to hear, and get me to give in to my compulsions. I also sometimes refer to it as The Hulk but mostly Sam. I surely can't be the only one that does this? Am I? I'd love to hear from any of you that might do this as well. Please tell me I'm not the only one. Anyone else out there? Feel free to inbox me if you want me to explain myself a bit more.