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10 Ways People With OCD Interact With The World Differently
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ( OCD) is a common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behavior (compulsions) that they may feel the urge to repeat over and over again. Anxiety is one of the most prominent symptoms of OCD.
The one thing you should never tell someone with OCD is “ It’s not a big deal…. we all have it.” Because it is a big deal, and everyone does not have it. OCD can be different from one person to another. When you have OCD, you may have repeated unwanted thoughts that you cannot stop at will and you may repeat the ‘ritual’ repeatedly to stop those thoughts.
It can feel like you are losing control and you desperately follow a routine to try to stop those thoughts.
Here are the 10 ways people with OCD interact with the world differently.
1. You might wash your hands a lot.
Yes, there is hygiene, but then you might wash your hands so many times after you touch almost anything because you are worried that the germs may get you or someone else sick. You dread illness so much that you may be a hypochondriac.
