@treatmyocd: 7 things people with OCD hear all the time and can’t stand: 1️⃣ “I’m so OCD too, I love when everything is organized.” Meanwhile your OCD has you spending hours stuck on an intrusive thought you desperately wish you could stop thinking about. 2️⃣ “Just stop thinking about it.” If that worked, trust us, people with OCD would LOVE to. Trying to force an intrusive thought away can actually make it feel even louder. 3️⃣ “But you KNOW that’s probably not going to happen, right?” Yes. Sometimes you fully understand how unlikely the fear is. OCD can still make that tiny but what if? feel impossible to leave alone. 4️⃣ “Why do you keep asking me the same thing?” Because the reassurance worked for approximately five minutes, and now OCD has found a brand-new reason why the answer might not count anymore. 5️⃣ “Everyone overthinks sometimes.” True. But there’s a difference between occasionally overthinking and spending hours ruminating, mentally reviewing, checking, or trying to get certainty about the same fear. 6️⃣ “Why don’t you just check one more time?” Because “one more time” is VERY rarely actually one more time with OCD. Giving in to the compulsion might feel better for a second, but then the doubt comes right back. 7️⃣ “You don’t seem like you have OCD.” There isn’t one way OCD “looks.” A lot of compulsions happen completely internally, and someone can look totally fine while dealing with intrusive thoughts, rumination, mental checking, or a full OCD spiral in their head. OCD is already exhausting enough without constantly having to explain why you can’t “just stop thinking about it” or why it’s so much more than liking things clean and organized. If you have OCD, chances are you’ve heard at least a few of these WAY too many times. If OCD is interfering with your life, specialized treatment can help. Book a free call with our team using the link in our bio to learn more and/or get started today. #ocd #ocdawareness #intrusivethoughts #ocdproblems #ocdrecovery

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