THE OTHER SIDE OF OCD.

     A lot has  been happening globally and all we can do is take care ,dig out some information and pray really hard( i'm  sure we all have a deity that we beleive in)                        So last night i was  trying to make some chocolate pancakes(a recipe i will share with you one of these days) as i scrolled my phone checking out some funny pictures ''memes'' online. And that's how my night was ruined.It was a picture of a guy who had diagnosed himself to have OCD just because he had cleaned his house,something that he hadn't done for months.And now because of the epidemic,he felt like he was on a house arrest and the only thing he could do was clean.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

You've probably heard a person say that they are OCD at a particular day,right? Just because they've decided to do their laundry or do dishes that were pilled on the sink for a week.I want to let you know that ocd is not all about cleanness rather there are other symptoms.OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder.The person experiences intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours.Is it some kind of a mental disorder? Does it affect someone from living a nomal life?You are asking all that,sure  it does. People with this condition have a certain fear in them.Let's look at some of their symptoms.

1:Always have an urge to wash their hands and keep thinking of the germs.
2:They keep on checking things,eg they will keep on confirming if the door is locked and wake up many times to check if the gas cooker is turned off.
3:Obsessed with counting eg when they are using the stairs,they will count every step and might start over again if interrupted.
4:They have their way of arranging things.eg shoes,clothes,utensils,etc
5:They might ask for reassuarance from someone about something.They want perfectionism.
6:They have bothering intrusive thoughts .eg they might have a thought about something bad happening to their loved ones and might feel that they are the only ones who can save them.
7:They really suffer from anxiety.

Note that these symptoms varies alot.Whatever a certain person is experiencing might be different from the other one.And some are serious than others.So just because you are sanitizing your hands every five minutes,doesn't mean you have ocd. Let's understand them and avoid making fun especially at this moment which is hard for them.Stop the ignorance.