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From the research I’ve done, people with OCD often cycle through the different types of OCD. And if the OCD goes untreated they can eventually go through phases of all of the different types.

For me my OCD started very religious but eventually it became about not throwing things away and I became a hoarder now it’s very much about health and being ‘’normal’’  

I was just reading up on all the themes of OCD, because I was plagued with self-doubt about me actually having it (despite being diagnosed)… and I came across meta-OCD. which, kind of ironically, is obsessing over having OCD. and can include doubt about the presence of OCD, often leading to spending way too long trying to research the disorder.

anyway. 

this is kind of a recent addition to my little pile of worries. even when I was self diagnosed, I didn’t stress this much about faking. 

so now I’m wondering… is it a normal thing to have more than one theme? when I got diagnosed, it was just “just right” OCD, but I think I might also have magical thinking, amongst other things. the more I read about themes, the more confused I get honestly. 

Sharing this here too

I do not usually make posts like this but recently I have seen a lot of content on Instagram, Twitter and I think tiktok too misunderstanding the meaning of intrusive thoughts, which may cause people experiencing them to be upset.

I have tried to shortly explain the difference of impulsive and intrusive and hope it will help people to understand and use the words correctly.

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