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When I got my gender-dysphoria diagnosis, one part was to look into any other disorders I might have and OCD did come up. The problem is that a lot of these disorders have descriptions that are so relatable that you can feel genuinely insecure.

Even OCD sounded so relatable at that point, that what really ended the discussion there was when my psych asked in the end after I was saying that I wasn’t sure, whether my symptoms were clinically relevant, to which I immediately responded with “no”.

So yeah, it’s probably relevant to remember that most things come on a spectrum and that people can be OCD-adjacent without crossing into the boundary of where it is enough of a problem to be a disorder, but rather a mere personality quirk.

And that’s okay! In both directions!

It's PTSD now. "Oh my god my last boss gave me PTSD"

"...I can't trust the physical sensations in my body which are completely out of control, my entire arousal network is wired wrong, and my threat detection system is run amok."

"Oh, I meant like, he was super mean."

Trufax. OCD was the autism of the 90s. Everyone insisted they had it. You're not OCD, aunt helen, you're just an oppressive control freak. Now it's, you're not autistic, tyler, you're just a self-focused unforgiving dick

"'I have to sort my books!' she cried,

With self-indulgent glee;

With senseless, narcissistic pride:

'I'm just so OCD!'

'How random, guys!' I smiled and said,

Then left without a peep -

And washed my hands until they bled,

And cried myself to sleep."

-Poem for your Sprog

Portlandia: Real Nerd

I really felt bad for this guy because he was clearly genuinely bothered by the topic. I get it.

I believe that ignorance leads people to think / claim that they have OCD. I used to think that I had OCD but after watching a documentary on it I realise that I’m just a little particular about how things should be.

Organizing books by color with no regard for book series is insanity.

if i had that many books i'd organize them how i organize my clothes. if i pick a book to read, it's going back at the front when i'm done, so it's easy to pick it back up for reading later.

this will naturally sort books from most to least read, and then the books i finished or haven't read will be at the back... eventually, i think.

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

(I wash my hands so much they bleed)

If I were Santa, Christmas would be 30 days late cause I'd check the list 50 times

This applies to so much. It's almost always people who have never experienced anything truly hard, no matter if it's the same category, who do the "omg, that's so me" thing. Experience of that leads to empathy, sympathy and understanding that someone else's struggles with something that has never been hard for you can be the main thing that makes their lives difficult.
That's not an exclusive thing, of course, some people understand that even though they have never had issues on the same level, and some people have had stuff that's affected them and their lives more bit still don't get that. But my experience is that those are outlier more than the norm.