Yes. I don't have OCD, but I like everything being organized, but at a certain point I just don't care...

So true. Ocd or symptoms of it have only little to do with being organized. Needing to check the door even when you know you did it already or really _really_ wanting to touch handrails in a certain order before going down the steps - those are ocd symptoms and even then it doesn't mean you have the actual disorder. You neat freaks, don't steal words from other people.

And OCD isn’t just organization

I have OCD. Contamination and most naturally, "Symmetry". I don't give a damn f**k how messy things are, I need them to be symmetrical. Sometimes if there are guests at our house, and I arrange something, they'll be like "Oh wow your parents are so lucky to have a daughter like you! I don't do it unlike some people to gain appreciation. What some people don't understand that OCD doesn't always come alone. My mind is filled with violent (sometime se*ual )thoughts about the people I love most, and it's slowly killing me inside. OCD is dangerous, not something to be proud of.

True. I genuinely have OCD and nothing of mine is neatly organized, it's done in a way that my anxiety tells me is correct

People saying the are OCD is bullsh:t. OCD is a dibiliating mental illness that is not something to just joke around about, or to say it like it's just a little quirk.

That picture is not an example of OCD in the slightest!

I don't have OCD, but I also don't have a word for when I have to pick that piece of lint of someone's sweater, or else I won't be able to focus on what they're saying, or things like that. My brain stops working until I do that one thing, so I guess that's a compulsion?

I have OCD and it’s hella annoying for me if I don’t do certain things I freak out and I have to quadruple check to see if I actually did it I also am quite airheaded and forget things I’ve done or said in the span of like 3 seconds. In turn I have constant anxiety about things and developed depression at the good old age of 11! If I don't think I closed my door this morning before leaving? I have a panic attack in the middle of the grocery store! If I don’t think I took my dog outside enough after like 15 times before I left? I’m running home to get him. This. Is. My. Life. Not everyone will have the same symptoms but for me I I don’t give a damn about being organized I just wanna be able to sleep.

OCD is a horrible, debilitating disorder. I've seen the real thing firsthand and it negatively impacts every aspect of their lives.

I also get frustrated by this mischaracterization of OCD. OCD is an anxiety disorder that can be quite debilitating. OCD is in lay terms either: a) A compulsion that some activity MUST be done (and often involves repeated activity, such as hand washing or checking). The reasoning for the person with OCD is that something very bad will happen if these rituals aren't done. The other part of OCD is: b) Obsessions, which are repetitive thoughts about something (s) that are anxiety provoking. This is not a "crush" on someone in which you're thinking about something romantic. These are repetitive disturbing thoughts that won't go away. What I've just described is the lay clinical definitely of OCD. It's not being a neat freak or obsessing about some type of love interest. I have OCD. This is my life.

No kidding! Liking organisation doesn't make you lose sleep or peace of mind. It doesn't make your hands red raw from too many washings. It doesn't make people stare at you because you MUST do certain behaviours or rituals. Get over yourself.

If this person was a truly suffered from OCD, all the labels would be facing upwards, read from left to right...the chocolate bars would be in one bin together, either alphabetized and/or colour co-ordinated. This is NOT a true OCD. Just organized a bit

I have been diagnosed with OCD and wish I was just organized.

There are people with ocd that aren't organised because most ocd patients want perfection and in order to get that perfection, they postpone which can cause disorderliness. For example, cleaning. So not all ocd patients are organised

I have known people with OCD. For most of them, living with this disorder is a torture. They are in a frequent state of anguish.

Not to mention, Ocd isn't always organization. I'm diagnosed Ocd and my O's and C's have nothing to do with organizing things.

I don't think OCD is just about keeping things organized - IMHO the phrase is coined way too often and denigrates the actual disease...

As someone who does have officially diagnosed OCD with other friends who have it...we learn on each other for support. And we certainly aren't proud of it [our diagnosis]. For people who actually have it, it's a source of pain not pride. I'll never understand the whole "bragging about having OCD when you're actually just an organized person" phenomenon

OCD is just like it says: a disorder. It’s a glitch in the brain that causes a person to take some things to extremes, not just being hyper-organized. Examples: using a bar of soap to wash your hands, then throw it away and open a new one for the next wash because you just have to; flipping a light switch off, then on again, then off again just because you have to hear the click the switch makes.

THIS!!! A former friend always complains about her "OCDs." Um, no, you're just particularly a**l about where your stuff goes. I know someone w/ legit OCD & that mad couldn't walk past a phone w/o twisting the cord 3x each & touching EVERY lightswitch 3x.

How the bars are there just randomly bothers me so much 😅

i know that is organised but the way that they aren't all facing up (or lined up) bothers me.

I have OCD. I don't make it my personality so to speak, but I still do the "knock on wood" and "things need to be organized" s**t from time to time

I have OCD - contamination based, not ritual based. It makes me very particular in the control and safety of food and prickly as heck over food storage, to the extent that if we had access to a supermarket I wouldn't touch any food there as it would be stored in the same room as poisons. It bars me inside the town in summer as every route out is lined with poisonous wildflowers. It's controlling and terrifying, and nothing like this cutesy aesthetic that people put its name to.

It's no one's business but your own. Fk the outsiders.

God! If they 'really' had OCD they would see it pretty much like a curse! I had it pretty bad in middle school after my parents divorce. I felt defective, it hindered my happiness, and effected my daily routine constantly. I felt like I couldn't enjoy my life and I was 12! I dont wish it on anyone!

my sister has severe obsessive compulsive disorder, diagnosed officially by a doctor and everything, so now that i know in at least one case what it actually looks like, i get really annoyed when people claim to have OCD who obviously don't.

The picture is of organized. OCD would have arranged all the candy and chips to face forward, right side up, perfectly spaced evenly, in a pleasing for the eye display.

It really comes down to the reaction to *not* having things organized - and in that, also remembering not everyone with OCD has an organization obsession; crooked pictures and well organised objects are not the hallmark of OCD, intrusive thinking is. That's not even factoring in OCPD - which is trademarked by perfectionism - people who "lose their minds" or get ragey if things are not done a certain way or perfect are very likely displaying traits of OCPD (hallmarked by... the need to be in control, if memory serves me correctly), not OCD which is characterised primarily by a sense of impending doom or dread. An even better thought, is to leave the diagnosis' to professionals and not to flippantly brand someone as OCD because they like to be organized.

This is so very true, I have mild OCD, and it's not fun or cute or helpful, it's a nightmare. Not to mention, everyone thinks OCD is keeping everything clean and organized but it varies greatly. I hate dishes but obsessively write list, as an example.

That's true, looking at the photo, you could be upset if they weren't organized and put together and feel better if they were sorted out. Someone with OCD wouldn't be able to live with the Snicker bars not being aligned and would probably be frantic if you ate one and therefore making one of the above an odd number. For example you can only eat one if you replace it immediately. Although cleanliness can become an obsession too, OCD is a mental illness.

Yeah! I HATE ppl saying they’re ocd so much. I have ocd and I can see clothes on the floor from here

I have ocd. I'm guessing everyone else has a different thing but the result is same. I can't change stuff. Unable to move furniture or change it. But also i am unable to change my phone screen or a stupid thing like piercings. I change em, and i get nervous and my brain is telling me that cuz I changed something, the " fuckening " is coming. When i think about it normally it's stupid and lame. But my brain starts to work differently, when stuff chas been changed. And it doesn't mean not organized. It means changed. Not like figurines or books. For those I don't care. It's different stupid s**t. It leads to anxiety and panic

I was diagnosed with OCD in 2018, when I told my therapist that I compulsively clean. I'm not taking vacuum amd dust a little. I mean like.... 5 hours a day, can't sleep if it's not "perfect". With medication and therapy I've come a long way, but it's HARD. Definitely not something to brag about like I hear people do.

If the OP was truly OCD, that M&M package would be flipped over, as well as the bag of chips.

There sure is!!!! I detest it when someone says, oh I have ocd..I like my stuff in order… If only it was that simple…I have diagnosed ocd and it is hell…used to take me 4-5 hours in a grocery store trying to pick “the right one” so that nothing bad happened to someone I loved…,,

It's a very misunderstood and misused term.