#ocd stigma

Stigma’s a bitch. So here are some mostly positive OCD asks for you and your followers to partake in :-) (if you want to reblog but don’t feel comfortable answering certain questions, put it in your tags!! Let it be known!! You deserve fun & safety)

Bumblebee: I don’t really know what OCD is, can you tell me about it?

Chamomile: what’s your biggest pet peeve about OCD stigma?

Raspberry: What’s your favourite/most helpful coping mechanism?

Ivy: What theme/subtype are you struggling with?

Silk: Has your theme/subtype ever changed?

Peppermint: Do you do mental or physical compulsions (or both)?

Molasses: Which compulsion do you do/struggle with the most?

Duckling: Have you ever been to/ are you in therapy for your OCD?

Petticoat: Have you ever been bullied/teased/belittled for your symptoms?

Cupcake: What’s your favourite thing to do when you’re anxious?

Vanilla: Create a figurative image that describes your experience with OCD (either writing, drawing, painting etc.)

Notebook: Has living with this illness taught you anything good? If so, what is it?

Honey: How old were you when you started showing symptoms/had your first spike?

Dandelion: How long have you been struggling with OCD?

Buttercup: What OCD myth do you find most annoying or most harmful?

Blossom: Have you confided in anyone about your struggles?

Fern: Have people in your life been supportive?

Puddle: Has OCD negatively affected any of your relationships?

Marigold: Any OCD headcanons?

Sun-kissed: Favourite OCD headcanon?

Berry: Do you have a name for your intrusive thoughts/OCD? If so what is it?

Tangerine: What’s been the hardest thing about living with OCD?

Seasalt: What’s been the most healing/helpful thing since you’ve been struggling with OCD?

Sugar: Do you take medication?

Whisper: How do you encourage yourself when things feel hopeless/difficult?

Lace: What place are you at with your mental health right now? Good, bad or somewhere in between?

Bubblegum: If you could see OCD represented in any tv show, movie, media etc. what would it be?

Lavander: Have you made any new friendships/relationships because of this disorder?

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https://youtu.be/j83T75O5MhQ

Okay, the game looks fun, but the caption makes me NOT want to install the game smh

PSA: Please don't use "OCD" as a term to describe your perfectionistilistic preferences. When you say you are "OCD" about how you like to organize your socks you are minimizing a serious mental disorder that actually affects & makes someone else's life hard. OCD is a disorder, not a preference. Do not minimize the experiences & struggles of others because stating you are "OCD" about something is normalized. This is a stigmatization of OCD & it's time to end the popularization of it.

“Here’s the thing: If you’ve ever labeled yourself or a friend as having obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) because you love sparkly countertops, there’s almost no chance that you have the high-anxiety, debilitating disorder, says Noah Berman, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist with a specialty in OCD and a psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School. It’s a chronic condition that affects approximately 2 percent of the population.

So today I was watching one of his daily vlogs and he was talking about how he had just tidied his whole house and how he really liked it. And I was like here we go the term "I think I’ve got OCD" is going to come out. But it didn’t!

Instead Alfie explained perfectly that he thinks he has a bit of an obsession with tidying but that he did not have OCD. I just thought that was perfect the way he put it and was absolutely brilliant to put the word out that just because you like things tidy doesn’t mean you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He also mentioned the fact that OCD can come in all different ways.

So hats off to you @pointlessblogtv thank you so much for doing your part in ditching the stigma. And as an OCD sufferer that meant a lot to hear you say that and give the disorder the full “credit”