AnonymousNov 10, 20224 min"With each day, it finds new ways to mess you up."I can't pinpoint the exact moment I realised I had OCD. I've had symptoms for nearly as long as I can remember. Some of the earliest...
AnonymousOct 15, 20224 min"Sometimes I have to leave a room or walk away from someone if the thoughts are too distressing."I have Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD), Harm OCD (hOCD) and others I haven't pinned down yet. My main symptoms with OCD are obsessing and...
AnonymousOct 2, 20226 min"My OCD is internal- I don’t lock myself away in my room with a pack of cleaning wipes."When I was ten years old, a spider fell on my head. A big one, brown with a tiny body and ridiculously long legs. I didn’t notice it...
AnonymousSep 16, 20224 min"I worked at a daycare and had constant fears I was harming the children."I have struggled throughout my life with several forms of OCD: Sexual orientation OCD, harm OCD, relationship OCD and POCD, amongst...