A lot of our clients with OCD often talk about how painful it is to hear other people talk about OCD as though it's a quirk that they have. They hear it being joked about. While all of our clients with OCD appreciate humour and can laugh things off, it becomes painful and invalidating for them to hear others without OCD refer to it as though it's a quirk that can be easily dealt with. Here's a cleverly done You Tube video we found on why OCD is not just a quirk.
"Oh I'm so OCD" - Why you're not...