OCD is living with debilitating fear. OCD is not being able to shake the feeling of “wrongness.” OCD is chasing a sense of certainty you’ll never achieve. OCD is constant bouncing limbs, it’s restlessness, it’s desperation for peace of mind.

OCD is doubting your feelings. It’s checking on your physical sensations over and over again until you become numb. OCD is the monster in your mind making you doubt the very beliefs you define yourself by. OCD walking on eggshells.

OCD is playing and replaying. It’s counting and recounting, checking and rechecking. It’s reviewing memories until they feel “just right.” OCD is convincing yourself that something horrible has happened, that you’ve done something unforgivable, that you are somehow unacceptable.

OCD is fearing yourself, fearing your capabilities. OCD is, “what if?” over and over again. OCD is doubting that you truly know yourself the way you thought you did. OCD is fearing your body will betray your will.

OCD is a lot of things and none of them are desirable. None of them are useful. And I know I say the same old thing over and over again, I know that I’m a broken record, but no one needs OCD. Three months later and the @WSJ article still stands. And it still hurts

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/we-all-need-ocd-now-11585672342 this is the article. If you feel so inclined, tag @WSJ in the comments and tell them to remove it.