this i joined this subreddit because my best friend has ocd and told me what it was really like a few years ago i wanted to better my understanding about it to be there for her some of the posts on this subreddit piss me off so much because sometimes its a dumbass joke like hue im so ocd and its like a picture of pencils or something which in the beginning was extremely confusing to me i know that some people do like to joke about their disorder or illnesses to take some of the pressure off i have done it before i do wish some of the people who make jokes would elaborate sometimes though because to people who just stumble upon their picture or joke they might take it and spread it around and think theyre actually ocd or etc   it makes me so upset when my coworkers family and friends say hue im so ocd when my best friend is crippled because of ocd they think theyre being quirky literally because they dont really know anything my older sister is a smart wonderful person who has an education and kids but she even tried to tell me before my friend didnt have ocd and i got so pissed but just calmly told her yes she does she is on disability ocd ruins some peoples lives and  people who say theyre so ocd dont really know what compulsions and rituals are its a problem   i have heard a lot about it and it can be so bad i sometimes feel that i barely understand it someone suggested to me before that i could have pure o and i felt immediate guilt like no i cant have ocd because its not like what my friend goes through i know that really i could possibly but it feels wrong to consider because i dont want to turn into one of those people who say theyre so ocd it feels like a slap in the face to my disabled friend to consider i could have ocd because i am functional  end rant