OKAY STOP: PSA time. Whatever your personal definition or idea of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is, you should ALWAYS show respect and understanding for someone who has been diagnosed with it. And if you do not know if someone has been diagnosed, assume NOTHING. If you're not comfortable enough to do the asking, you should be aware that they may have chosen not to advertise it publicly in a tagline after every one of their posts. We're not in Nazi Germany, we don't need to label ourselves physically based on our differences. If you can't find the empathy within yourself to understand, at least find the humanity to respect it. NOT try to correct them. More often than not, you're only going to offend someone or deeply wound them emotionally if you insinuate they are lying, or are not suffering from a very real disorder. Even if it's not as "serious" as yours is, respect that it is THERE, and they are suffering. And ultimately, how you cope with an illness is not the standard: Everyone suffers differently. Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. |
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