These harmful misconceptions often make it harder for people with OCD to get the help they desperately need, writes LilyBaileyUK
If you're saying"I'm so OCD" with more enthusiasm than a One Direction fan on Twitter, you probably don’t have it. The person who cleans their house because having a tidy home brings them joy does not have OCD. It’s only OCD if it causes you distress. If someone spends hours cleaning their house every day because theyA person with OCD might actually make a useless cleaner. My desk, for instance, is a haven for dirty mugs.
Although some types of OCD are easily visible because of physical symptoms, many are not. OCD tends to be a very secretive disorder. The average time taken to access help varies depending on what source you check, but most put it at over 10 years. Friends and family of the sufferer often admit they had no idea.
Although reassurance can be a wonderful thing in day to day life, it is not a good way of dealing with a person's compulsions. OCD is a monster that needs to be confronted rather than collaborated with. Offering to help someone by checking something merely endorses the sufferer's notion that it is sensible to follow the demands of their compulsions.
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