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The Unexpected Hobby That Helps Distract Me From My OCD Intrusive Thoughts

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For as long as I can remember, I have lived with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – however, it was not until this past January that I was diagnosed and came to realize that my behaviors were linked to this disorder.

OCD is one of the more highly stigmatized disorders in our society, and it is because of the beliefs I had surrounding OCD that I didn’t think that my behaviors qualified for a diagnosis.

That was until my psychiatrist explained to me what OCD really is. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not being “excessively clean or neat.” OCD involves unwanted thoughts and/or images that the person experiences and, in turn, develops compulsive behaviors to somehow distract from the thoughts or images (otherwise known as obsessions).

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