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PhatPixarMom

I feel like I'm faking my OCD

I need support - advice welcome

I feel like I don't actually have OCD or that I'm faking it.

Logically I know I'm not; I've had a clinical diagnosis for years now and it runs in my family, and I'm currently on medication to help manage it. I still feel like I'm faking or exaggerating my symptoms. Aside from my doctor, only my mom, boyfriend, and a few of my closest friends know I have OCD (or at least I've talked about my OCD with them before). Although, I try not to talk too much about it because I can't help but feel like I'm not actually struggling with OCD.

Maybe it's just the fact that OCD has minimal accurate portrayals in media and is generally misrepresented, but I feel like I'm "doing OCD wrong"? It's like I'm not struggling enough or I'm not doing the "right OCD things".

Does this feeling ever go away? Or is there anything I can do to improve it?

Posted Aug 12, 2025, 5:33 PM UTC

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