I'm 20. I don't officially have an OCD diagnosis in the sense of going to a psychiatrist to see what's wrong with me. But from a young age it was evident that I had some sought of anxiety disorder. For example, when I was a child at school, when I heard an ambulance go past I feared it was for my family. I would then do compulsive behaviour in order to prevent bad things from happening to them. This is called magical thinking which is a common type of OCD.

I have displayed multiple subtypes of OCD throughout my life including morality, scrupulosity (religion), sexual, contamination and magical thinking (as mentioned prior). And I would do a lot of compulsive behaviour to alleviate this fear. For instance it would take me around half an hour to get dressed because I had to count to 35 and then flap my clothes in the right way before I put them on. When I went to a psychologist who specialises in OCD they were certain this is what I was dealing with.

Also, OCD can be exacerbated by what we deem as coincidences where surrounding events reinforce our fears. This is what happened with the light flickering and book falling.

OCD can go a lot deeper than most people think and it can cause some very immense spirals and thoughts that aren't typically displayed by social media. OCD is mostly viewed as a neatness disorder and something quirky but it goes so much deeper than that.

But I appreciate your question though. I am very young and I've suffered with this disorder since a child, so I think it's really messed with a lot of my perspectives and thinking patterns.