thanks i agree it drives me nuts when people are like “oh i like things to be in their place i have ocd” - i’ve never heard anyone say “oh i once cried then laughed i must have bipolar disorder” or randomly claim any other mental illness ocd affects every part of my life - pretty sure once i didn’t pass a phone interview for a job because i told them about a typo they had in the job description  i spend a lot of my day internally battling it like most of you i’m sure and people trivializing it doesn’t help  and to respond to another comment - it doesn’t always get worse i’ve got a loving spouse who understands that i have a mental illness and is supportive and sometimes i can “win” a small battle just because she doesn’t judge and acknowledges that i’m dealing with real garbage  it’s never stopped for me - i take a handful of pills a day relax they’re prescriptions or doctor recommended supplements and sometimes ocd wins but i try to remind myself that ocd is a part of what makes me me - it’s not all i am  also if you’re in a state with legalized marijuana get on that shit because seriously it helped me more than meds some days