This OCD Awareness Week (9-15 October) Stylist’s digital writer Lauren Geall explains why calling yourself “a bit OCD” is so damaging. OCDAwarenessWeek
But even though I have more control over my OCD, I still have times when my condition flares up and my compulsions – which range from flooding myself with positive thoughts of the future or making sure I’m never alone “just in case” I suddenly become suicidal – return.Antidepressants: “Why I tell my friends I’m taking medication for my mental health”
Calling yourself “a bit OCD” in reference to tidiness also undermines the experience of people whose OCD does not fit into those boxes.
The video gave me the words I needed to describe my experience to the people around me, describe it to my GP, and the courage to leave that GP when they refused to listen to me – but it took a lot of research to get to that point.Mental health: “It took me 8 months to get adequate mental health support – don’t tell me the NHS isn’t facing a crisis”
Language grows and evolves as we use it – and the words we use sometimes become second nature to us when we’ve heard them used in the world around us.
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