What r/OCD is talking about this week

I saw a post on insta from a page called sealfcompassion that uses a seal cartoon to show OCD. They posted this animated video showing how racism OCD might work and used the example of being on...

I feel very judged by people for falling out of line any way in terms of progressive values, be it a misspoken sentence or just having the worst assumed in me. I feel like a lot of Gen Z leftists...

A list of habits to stop feeding if you're serious about recovering from OCD. OCD recovery isn't about getting rid of every intrusive thought. It's about changing how you respond to those thoughts...

(TW: Mention of sh and suicide) Hi guys! I’m 23f and I have been suffering from OCD my entire life. I have had almost every common theme. Multiple themes throughout my life have been debilitating,...

The most ridiculous or weird thing—and then you said it was a lie. Share your story

I had suffered from OCD for 2-3 years to the point that it was causing myself recurring anxiety attacks that would completely overwhelm me. It was attached to the thing I wanted to do most, work....

TW: suicide I’m in what might be the worst mental state I’ve ever been in. I turned 30 in September. I’ve spent the last fifteen years under the thumb of this disorder. I dropped out of high...

Genuinely curious, for me it’s been skin cancer,brain tumor,throat cancer,liver failure,lupus,herpes,rabies etc. (The rabies one, is actually just from today crazy right?)

I did something extremely horrible about 2 years ago which I havent been able to get over, it is genuinely bad and I talked to some people online who confirmed , the guilt is eating me alive, I...

I struggle a lot with compulsive avoidance and thought-based compulsions so it’s kind of hard to conceptualize how much time goes into my OCD. I thought it wasn’t that much but then my...