As someone who has lived with OCD for as long as I can remember, let me try to explain what it actually is, not the version people joke about or misunderstand, but the reality of living with obsessive-compulsive disorder day after day. OCD is one of those conditions that is talked about a lot, but rarely understood. People often think it means being tidy, organised, or a perfectionist. I am none of those things. I am very messy. OCD has nothing to do with liking things clean
