Pssst…OCD is NOT an Adjective
Perhaps you’ve noticed this growing misuse. Maybe you, yourself, are even guilty of an occasional infraction. (It’s okay; you are forgiven.) Misuse includes comments such as this: “My boyfriend is so OCD about keeping his apartment clean.” Or this: “Ever since starting high school, I’ve become so OCD about doing my homework.
Those of us with OCD derive absolutely no pleasure or true benefit from our quirky behavior. In fact, our behavior gets in the way of our everyday functioning and leads to great distress when we can’t engage in it.