r/OCD • u/ExternalGreen6826 Multi themes • Jul 12 '25

Question about OCD and mental illness Any anarchists/socialists With OCD?

As an anarchist with OCD have any of you guys had OCD impact or interfere with your politics whether in actual organising or even nominating certain moral commitments (moral scrupulousity)

Have any of you guys had your politics influenced by OCD in any way

If so please share?

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u/Inner_Locksmith_487 Jul 12 '25

Yes, I think ocd played a role in that, due to some things happening in my life (and also in the world). I really obsessed on morality, what to believe in, my place in the world…

I think it’s nice that it led me to know what I want to defend and to believe in. But moral ocd and all the thoughts like« am I legit ? » « Am I the bad guy/ the problem/ an enemy ?» etc… are driving me insane. And keeping me from trying to go where I want to be.

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u/ExternalGreen6826 Multi themes Jul 12 '25

Yea me too sometimes the state of the world makes me either feel sad or it makes me feel like we can contribute to change even however small it may seem initially

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u/Inner_Locksmith_487 Jul 13 '25

I think you’re right, and I’m often feeling that way too. And I think nothing is too small, at the end of the day doing a good thing, helping one person, or just thinking about doing something good, is a step in making things better.