I wish people understood that saying someone is OCD to describe someone who likes a clean house is insulting and hurtful. We aren’t just freaks who organize their sock drawers all day. We are real people living real lives who have a constant loop of unwanted thoughts in our heads. A loop we can only learn to live with and one that will never go away. I WISH it was as easy as wanting a clean house.

Esra Aygun as transcribed by Lindsay Holmes, 13 Things People With OCD Want You To Know