Not pregnancy related but i need to rant on this.

It annoys the hell out of me when i see people or posts on social media of stupid photos or statments saying things like "aww im so OCD about this or that" when in reality they have no idea what living with OCD actually is!

Ill tell you my storey. I was diagnosed with OCD after i had my first son 3 over 3 years ago. I cant remember the last time i acted like a normal person doing day to day things. I was so worried about germs and noone was allowed to touch my son i spent hours cleaning his clothes, bottles and my hands so there wasnt any germs atall. I didnt leave my house for months and in the house i was a prisoner it would take me atleast half an hour to get out of one room everything had its own place and had to be sitting a certain way i had to run up and down the stairs 4 times in sets if 2 i done the same with light switches getting in and out of bed simple movements would have to be repeated on even numbers. You ask why i done all this? Because if i didnt in my head i beleived the people i loved would die! If i didnt do these rituals over and over again theyd be gone i didnt speak to my family who i lived in the same house as for beleiving if i spoke to them something horrible would happen to them. 3 years on i still have OCD not anywhere near as bad though what id do to get in my bed once for it not to take an hour to get to bed by the time it takes me to make sure everything in the house is sitting the same way.

I understand fun and jokes but please dont joke about something you have no idea about OCD ruled my life for a long time theres also diffrernt ways OCD can effect people. Even if it makes one person think or even reserch it to become more understanding of OCD then maybe itll become more known of what this condition does to people on a day to day basis.

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