I don't have it as bad as other people, as in it doesn't completely interfere with every aspect of my life.
I hand wash excessively (without realizing I'm doing it) it's usually if I feel like my hands have been 'contaminated', which is a long list. I have checking OCD which means that I count things over and over again, constantly check locks, that sort of thing. I tend to repeat thoughts in my head over and over again, obsessively. I get irrational thoughts which I sadly can't control, and that has caused me to lose opportunities and friends before.
Let me just say, it's not fun. There is a lot of people on social media that think OCD is a 'quirk'. It can consume and ruin your life, there is nothing quirky about it. I will never be fully 'normal' and that does upset me.
I hand wash excessively (without realizing I'm doing it) it's usually if I feel like my hands have been 'contaminated', which is a long list. I have checking OCD which means that I count things over and over again, constantly check locks, that sort of thing. I tend to repeat thoughts in my head over and over again, obsessively. I get irrational thoughts which I sadly can't control, and that has caused me to lose opportunities and friends before.
Let me just say, it's not fun. There is a lot of people on social media that think OCD is a 'quirk'. It can consume and ruin your life, there is nothing quirky about it. I will never be fully 'normal' and that does upset me.