my gf has had severe panic episodes and terror trying to communicate during episodes feels like waking her up from a nightmare only to drift away shortly after i never had a problem accepting it is a physiological part of the illness that one can’t just as a partner help her overcome this helps me better understand the mechanics of the ocd at least i will still be patient calm  be there for her and support her and her psychologists advice but it still helps me  to understand such a complex and severe disease   i truly feel sorry for those who have to live with this condition movies tend to generalize ocd to a point where it “makes sense” but i find it frustratingly irrational and only more frustrating when trying to understand the cognitive aspect of it