Casual use of clinical terms creates persistent emotional labor for genuine sufferers. People with real conditions constantly decide: correct misusage (appear difficult) or stay silent (accept misrepresentation). It's a tax paid in every conversation.
OCD is one of the most trivialised mental health conditions — used casually as a synonym for tidiness. We map the impact of cultural misrepresentation on those living with actual OCD and the barriers it creates to diagnosis and treatment.
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