i remember telling my mom i thought i had ocd she didnt believe me because i didnt act like the other people she saw on tv or in the movies i was in tears because if my own mother didnt believe me then who would flash forward about a year later and i finally got a diagnosis from a psychiatrist i felt completely validated my mom was super apologetic after i told her about my ocd diagnosis i even made her watch an episode of hoarders where the lady had extreme ocd i said see mom not everyone with my diagnosis is a complete neat freak some days are harder than others but we get through it the best we can