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I really hate when people use OCD as an adjective; for instance, "I can't believe how OCD I was today, I reorganized my whole bookshelf based on the alphabet!" or "Stop acting so OCD".
Not only does this assume that OCD is only having to do with wanting things to be a certain way (that's Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, not Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), but it also is completely insulting! I mean, you wouldn't go up to a complete stranger and say "Hey, stop being so (sorry mods) retarded!", yet somehow it's ok to take another disorder and use it in that way.
Not to mention the fact that it's not even grammatically correct; "Stop acting so Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"? It only makes people who use it look unintelligent, and insults those of us who actually struggle with OCD every day. By using this term so casually, people trivialize it.
OCD sucks, and it's not something that I would ever wish on anyone. I actually had someone tell me "wow, I wish I had OCD; my room would be so clean!"
Yeah, except you'd also be driving yourself insane about the germs on the walls and having to do all these crazy compulsions that take up half your day. Yeah, other than that, it's a freaking cakewalk.
In short, don't use OCD as an adjective, and don't tell people you'd like to have it. You just might get the one person with OCD who suddenly feels the need to throw something on you... to get rid of the germs, of course.
Not only does this assume that OCD is only having to do with wanting things to be a certain way (that's Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, not Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), but it also is completely insulting! I mean, you wouldn't go up to a complete stranger and say "Hey, stop being so (sorry mods) retarded!", yet somehow it's ok to take another disorder and use it in that way.
Not to mention the fact that it's not even grammatically correct; "Stop acting so Obsessive Compulsive Disorder"? It only makes people who use it look unintelligent, and insults those of us who actually struggle with OCD every day. By using this term so casually, people trivialize it.
OCD sucks, and it's not something that I would ever wish on anyone. I actually had someone tell me "wow, I wish I had OCD; my room would be so clean!"
Yeah, except you'd also be driving yourself insane about the germs on the walls and having to do all these crazy compulsions that take up half your day. Yeah, other than that, it's a freaking cakewalk. In short, don't use OCD as an adjective, and don't tell people you'd like to have it. You just might get the one person with OCD who suddenly feels the need to throw something on you... to get rid of the germs, of course.
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