“I thought I was the only person in the world having these thoughts.”
[First name], 16, [City]
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Canadians of every age share what living with OCD felt like, what helped, and what they wish they'd known sooner.
“For thirty years I checked the stove. Nobody ever called it OCD.”
[First name], 71, [City]
“The hardest part was learning not to answer my daughter's question.”
[First name], parent, [City]
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Reviewed by the Not Just Neat clinical committee · September 2026. This page is education, not a diagnosis.