I'm OCD: Here's What That Means | My Life with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder—or OCD for short—is a mental illness that is comprised of having obsessions, compulsions, or both. But what these things are is a little more complicated, as is the experience of having the condition, which are both things I can speak to and do in this video.

I have schizoaffective disorder, a condition where someone experiences symptoms of schizophrenia—such as delusions and hallucinations—but also symptoms of a mood disorder—either major depression, or in my case, bipolar. And I also am diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a comorbidity.

So join me for this deep dive into the literature and the DSM-5-TR that’s all about OCD and what it means to have it. Good ol’ mental health awareness at it again.

Enjoy!

My sources:

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/...

Drubach D. A. (2015). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.), 21(3 Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry), 783–788. https://doi.org/10.1212/01.CON.000046...

Hirschtritt, M. E., Bloch, M. H., & Mathews, C. A. (2017). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA, 317(13), 1358–1367. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.2200

Veale, D., & Roberts, A. (2014). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 348, g2183. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2183

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Disclaimer: I am not a qualified mental health professional. This channel exists for educational purposes, and I do my best to provide accurate and up-to-date information. In order to create content, I combine scientific resources (peer reviewed studies and easy-to-understand articles) and my own personal experiences/advice. I seek to make complicated topics easy to understand, but I am no substitute for a doctor, therapist, or other qualified mental health professional.

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