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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not a personality trait, nor a quirk. OCD is all-consuming.

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You’re terrified to tell people about these thoughts because you don’t want them to think you would actually do any of them. 
It’s embarrassing and scary to admit that you have these thoughts that pop up in your head when you don’t believe in them. You aren’t crazy or psycho or a serial killer. It’s an illness. Get the help you need. 

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OCD isn’t an adjective used to describe someone. It’s a legitimate anxiety disorder, a mental illness. One that affects so many people in so many real ways.