i both agree and disagree  on one hand there are people that like to use illness as the next “fad” or something that makes them unique etc  on another hand there are some people that go into mild remission from ocd whether that be from medications or therapies and they’re either trying to convince themselves that it was never a problem and just a “quirk” or they’re disgusted they ever had it they still have it but remission that their way of coping with the self loathing and their way of owning it is romanticising it  the latter usually have a flare up during exceedingly stressful times or when their medications need adjustment and then they remember the extent all of this can get to and it distresses them once again  i’ve been the latter  i also have bipolar ii and when i get hypomanic my anxiety shoots through the roof which prompts ocd this usually can happen during literally any stressful event there’s been tonnes lately or when i do something that messes up my medication i had a single drink about a week and a half ago and it has seriously fuuuckked me  when i’m feeling well i still have a certain amount of ocd but for the most part i’m like “oh look maybe this’ll be the time it doesn’t come back i’m fine what was i worried about silly me”  it’s like i self-invalidate because it feels like a far distant memory when in remission  it’s perfectly ok to be pissy at those that romanticise ocd but i think it’s important to remember some sufferers try to deal with it in humour and romanticism because they’ve temporarily forgotten yet it comes back that bastard always comes back