Close

Talking about OCD to friends, partners or family members is a daunting thought. What if they dismissed it as a mere need for things to be clean and organised or a simple germ phobia without taking into account the extent of which OCD rules and ruins your life every single day.

What if they reply with the dreaded words “me too. I have OCD. I do that to” when in reality all they do is organise their pens into colour order every now and again. Completely trivialising the true hell that is living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

How to tell a loved one about your OCD