Beyond Hand-Washing: The Rare and Lesser-Known Faces of OCD Nobody Talks About
You Think You Know What OCD Looks Like. You Don't. Tags: rare OCD types India, lesser known OCD presentations, OCD symptoms beyond cleaning, intrusive thoughts OCD, Pure O OCD India, relationship OCD, existential OCD, harm OCD, religious OCD scrupulosity, OCD misdiagnosis India, sexual intrusive thoughts OCD, false memory OCD, OCD psychiatrist India, OCD treatment India, unusual OCD presentations "I knew OCD involved checking locks and washing hands. I didn't know it could make you spend six hours questioning whether you actually love your partner. I didn't know it could make you terrified of your own thoughts. Nobody told me these were the same condition." — 26-year-old, diagnosed after seven years of misdiagnosis Here is the problem with the cultural image of OCD. It is a person checking the stove. Repeatedly. Symmetrically arranging objects. Washing their hands until they bleed. This image — reinforced by every Bollywood film, every social media jok...