0:09. No, that’s true. I’m tired of people saying “oh I have *insert disorder here* bc my mum said I fit one single symptom” Everyone can have a few symptoms, that doesn’t mean they have it.
@@NeurodivergentAdult I USED TO HAVE TO SAY THAT ALL THE TIME! Only, I was about 8/9. Eventually, I explained what it is like to actually have it to my mum and she hasn’t used it in that way since. How I explained it way “OCD isn’t you wanting something to be clean, it’s that it HAS to be clean or your family will die.”
0:09. No, that’s true. I’m tired of people saying “oh I have *insert disorder here* bc my mum said I fit one single symptom” Everyone can have a few symptoms, that doesn’t mean they have it.
"OMG I'm sooooOOOOooo OCD. I need to have everything in its place" That's not OCD MOM! (Yes, this actually happened when I was a teenager)
@@NeurodivergentAdult I USED TO HAVE TO SAY THAT ALL THE TIME! Only, I was about 8/9. Eventually, I explained what it is like to actually have it to my mum and she hasn’t used it in that way since.
How I explained it way “OCD isn’t you wanting something to be clean, it’s that it HAS to be clean or your family will die.”
If there's a fossil in one of the rocks us neurodivergents snag, then that's a bonus, just saying.
You my good sir are evil. 😭 I just had to struggle with either choosing the music, or reading the texts, and let’s just say. I missed a lot of both… 💔