5 Things You Did Not Know about OCD

  • OCD is a very real mental disorder and NOT a personality quirk.
  • OCD is not about hand washing, cleaning and being neat.
  • Saying someone or something is "So OCD" is inaccurate and dismissive.
  •  1 in 100 adults are estimated to have OCD.
  • OCD can emerge at any time but most commonly appears between ages 10-12 or late teen/early childhood.
(Source: https://iocdf.org/blog/2017/10/03/help-seperate-ocd-myths-from-the-facts)

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