01 Alegra Kastens is an OCD sufferer, and Marriage and Family Therapist trainee based in Los Angeles. 02 Misunderstanding OCD is often not malicious, but it does carry real consequences. In order ...

I love to clean and I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Funny, right? The media representation of OCD is stereotypically clean, and characters like Emma Pillsbury from “Glee” or Monica Geller ...

It’s just little thoughts, little funny habits that I do. I’ve done a lot of research on it. Specifically, sometimes I rinse my hands before kicks, and I was kind of curious about that.

OCD is very common, with over 200,000 cases diagnosed annually in the United States. ... It’s just little thoughts, little funny habits that I do. I’ve done a lot of research on it.