So grateful to see OCD represented frankly and not sensationalized. It's an extremely painful way to live, solidarity to all my fellow OCD folks.

Well said...OCD grabs onto what you care about. It's a horrendous disorder.

As a person who suffers from OCD, Chris asked some great genuine and thoughtful questions.

My husband was diagnosed with OCD a year ago and it’s been so eye opening for me. He’s always had some anxiety but after our dog had a seizure, his OCD totally came out and it scared us both. He’s been doing really well with therapy but it’s still tough sometimes. Everyone who deals with this disorder is a warrior and they deserve the utmost respect and understanding. Thank you for sharing your story!

Thank you for bringing awareness to this extremely misunderstood disorder

I'm a 29 year old male from Australia diagnosed with OCD. I have experienced a lot of the symptoms Natalie describes and they are horrible. With time, therapy, medication and openness with friends and family I have gotten so much better but it still lives in the background and gains strength at times, usually due to environmental factors that wear me down.

Wow, just saw this pop up right when it was published. I’ve had this kind of OCD (alongside others) for years and never heard it discussed. It’s so exhausting, especially when you don’t know what’s going on. So glad to see this video and awareness being brought to this very real form of OCD.

For a person suspecting they might have OCD, it was such a helpful video. I also didn't know there were 300 subtypes of OCD so I looked up the list and found an explanation for many fears and behaviours I had for years. It might take time to get a professional opinion, but noticing obsessions and naming them as such already feels like a step in the right direction.

This is such a scary to talk about because most people who don't understand will tell us we're just being dramatic. Thank you for making a whole video dedicated to this!

I experienced this OCD in the beginning of all of my relationships- and I thought I was just broken. I settled on the idea that I would never get married because the anxiety was so intense and life altering. Thankfully I found help and have been with my partner for 5 years. It wasn’t an overnight change, but recovery (or at least functioning without such distress!) is possible!!!

I have a mild intellectual disability myself and very healthy and independent I'm 29 years old and i don't let my disability stop me from doing anything!! I participate for the Special Olympics bowling and track and field!!! I also help out my community a lot with a kind heart! People know that i have a kind a caring heart!!

Wow girl, thank you. I relate to A LOT of why you talked about. “Confidence is not knowing exactly what is going to happen, but knowing that you can handle whatever may happen.” This really spoke to me.

OCD is annoying af, I was diagnosed as a child, and it's been a hell of a journey for me! We all eventually find our ways of coping and soon after, conquering this condition! I advocate for those who are currently battling it in their daily lives!

I started to cry when I heard you. This is exactly what happens to me, I have relationship OCD too -though is not the only one-, and knowing there are other people who just sit there, thinking for HOURS, and all those guilt and apparent laziness -which is in reality the struggle and the fear-, is... kind of comforting. I always feel like I am alone, that I am the only person in the world who has this and that there is something fundamentally wrong with me. But know I know I'm not alone. And I'm not diagnosed with OCD because I haven't went to therapy as often as I should, due to economic reasons, but I do have these exhausting thoughts and I can't stop them. I've tried with many, many unhealthy mechanisms such as psychoactive drugs, they do help me but in the end they're very brain damaging, specially if you take ridiculous doses like I do.

I’m sitting here crying watching this video because it’s nice to know someone else is going through the same thing I’m dealing with. I’ve been struggling with my OCD for years now and am really lost.

Grew up with a OCD stay at home mom. She cared about us as kids and loved us but her OCDs were constantly more important than her children. She has cleaning OCDs to this day. I developed major anxiety and ocds myself but I have mentally overcome it. Having experienced it myself, the best way I can explain it is your mind feels like it’s not yours and you have to constantly battle someone in your head who isn’t even a part of you. Like an intruder that you can’t get rid of.

You’re obviously helping so many people just by being open. Thank you.

I just wanted to say that watching this video was extremely comforting to me. I was recently diagnosed with OCD (relationship type) and hearing her talk about what she has dealt with in a relationship like what I am going through right now made me feel SO much less alone. Thank you for bringing light to this topic

OCD has to be so exhausting. Best wishes, Natalie! I can see you have put the work in to conquer your challenges! Thank you for sharing your story!

I used cognitive behavioral therapy. So if I fixate on something, I tell myself that it was really something else that happened. Like, I lost my iPod and was grieving over it, I told myself that my sister that died has it and is enjoying it. That works for me. It stopped me from fixating on the loss and chastising myself for losing it.