Popsugar Health & Fitness Tiktok These TikTok Videos Show What OCD Actually Looks Like People on TikTok Are Showing What Living With OCD Is Like — and It's Not Just "Being Clean" 13 August 2020 by Samantha Brodsky @the.truth.doctor OCD TIP: Identify your anxiety triggers, exercise also helps 🙏🏼 ##truthtok ##ocdproblems ##ocdlife ##ocdcheck ##mentalhealth ##ocdawareness ##ocdlife ♬ Tongue - Maribou State Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex mental illness that comes with some misconceptions. One woman who was diagnosed with OCD swore she didn't have it because she wouldn't consider herself a "clean" person. "For a long time, my brain associated wanting things clean and organised with having obsessive-compulsive disorder," she wrote for POPSUGAR. The therapist that this woman saw told her there are people who have cleanliness compulsions, but that's not the only form of the disorder, and "obsessions can take form in hundreds of ways." Her compulsion, according to the therapist, was obsessive thoughts. Her therapist further explained that people with cleaning or touching compulsions "will touch a doorknob or tirelessly scrub their sink because they genuinely believe they are preventing something awful from happening." What's more, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) classifies OCD as having obsessions — recurring intrusive thoughts, urges, or impulses that typically cause anxiety or distress — or compulsions — behaviours or mental acts that are "aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation." People can have both, too. Many users on TikTok are documenting and talking about the realities of OCD to better highlight what the disorder is and debunk misconceptions about it. Many reference the "OCD awareness" hashtag as well as other similar tags. Check out the videos ahead to educate yourself on this mental illness. Related: When I Moved to College, I Faced the Unique Challenge of Navigating OCD on My Own @jambamaia ##ocd ##mentalhealth ##mentalhealthawareness ##fyp ##foryou ♬ original sound - jambamaia 1 / 15 @ratmilk.9 ##POV : you’re a mind reader and you befriend the girl with OCD (!TW⚠️!) (ik- This is really different from my usual posts🍄) ##OCD ##ocdawareness ♬ Overthinker - INZO 2 / 15 @lapinstudios A true to form OCD night routine 👌🏻 ##ocd ##ocdcheck ##nightroutine ##fyp ##mentalhealthawareness ##lemons ♬ Lemons - Demo - Brye 3 / 15 @pastaqueef OCD ISNT FUN!!!! ##ocd ##mentalhealthawareness ##fyp ♬ original sound - pastaqueef 4 / 15 @cali4niadayz StoryTime: My OCD and Depression. ##cali4niadayz ##rolothecholo ##holacholas ##storytime ##foryou ##cholanation ##foryou ##ocdlife ##dėpressiøn ♬ original sound - cali4niadayz 5 / 15 @lapinstudios Fun fact: the demons welcomed me as one of their own ✌🏻 ##fyp ##ocd ##ocdcheck ##storytime ##SummerWorkout ##GreekFreakOut ##mentalhealthmatters ♬ I am at ur moms house - elizabeth_chetwynd 6 / 15 @pastaqueef These are just some of my routines with OCD, everyone has different ones! ##fyp ##mentalhealthawareness ##foryou ##ocd ♬ original sound - pastaqueef 7 / 15 @ashlynnleee ocd! ##fyp ##foryoupage ##mentalhealthawareness ##mentalhealth ##ocdawareness ♬ original sound - .sophrosyne 8 / 15 @thank_the_lord Talking about my OCD ##OCDproblems ##ocdawareness ##mentalhealth ##mentalhealthawareness ♬ original sound - thank_the_lord 9 / 15 @miacherisehall ocd awareness in this very tough time! ##coronavirus ##corona ##ocd ##mentalhealthawareness ##mentalhealth ##ocdawareness ♬ original sound - miacherisehall 10 / 15 @e11amy4tt ##pov you picked obsessive compulsive disorder.( PRT1) TW⚠️ ##foryoupage ##viral ##fyp ##fyp ##mentalhealthawareness IG: ellamyattx 💞 ♬ original sound - animxrce 11 / 15 @jambamaia Reply to @uhleeuhw7 I hope this answers at least some questions, thanks to all starting a dialogue on OCD! ##ocd ##ocdawareness ♬ original sound - jambamaia 12 / 15 @ace.of.skates These are only a few of my many rituals, this is OCD, it’s not perfectionism ##ocdproblems ##ocdawareness ##fyp ##foryou ##foryoupage ##zyxbca ##ocdlife ♬ Trying My Best - Anson Seabra 13 / 15 @milodacat_ Living with OCD ##ocdawareness ##mentalhealth ##everydaylife ##dayinthelife ♬ original sound - jdwavy 14 / 15 @the.truth.doctor OCD TIP: Identify your anxiety triggers, exercise also helps 🙏🏼 ##truthtok ##ocdproblems ##ocdlife ##ocdcheck ##mentalhealth ##ocdawareness ##ocdlife ♬ Tongue - Maribou State 15 / 15 TikTokHealthy LivingSocial MediaMental Health