{"id":3102,"date":"2023-08-02T08:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vza.jnk.mybluehost.me\/website_e550e90d\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:13:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:13:27","slug":"ocd-what-is-it-and-what-do-we-do-about-it-written-by-sabrina-popernitsch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettherapy.ca\/ocd-what-is-it-and-what-do-we-do-about-it-written-by-sabrina-popernitsch\/","title":{"rendered":"OCD \u2013 What is it, and what do we do about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by: Sabrina Popernitsch<\/p>\n

Published: August 2nd 2023<\/p>\n

OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is often used as a humorous sentiment for people who like perfection, or for people who have a focus on cleaning, organization, or rigid parameters for themselves. While OCD may encompass some of these qualities, the experience of OCD is far from a humorous experience, and in actuality is labelled as one of the top ten most debilitating illnesses noted by the WHO (World Health Organization). People with OCD often suffer with the disorder in silence \u2013 mostly because of the pervasive nature of the inaccurate depiction of OCD. While OCD occasionally includes rigidity, organization, cleaning, or perfection, it expands far beyond this.<\/p>\n

OCD is characterized by:<\/p>\n