[Update]I have OCD. How to deal with that?

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Phoenix20 said:

OCD is a terrible debilitating condition that makes life very difficult for a sufferer of that condition.
OCD being labelled as hypochondria is ignorance and insensitive towards the sufferers of OCD.
We need less ignorance and more support towards OCD and other disabilities.

I do have OCD so I know what it is like.

I also have a friend with hypochondria. What the OP described, personally I would classify as such based on how my friend acts. Both are serious disorders that impact a person's quality of life and therefore no less ignorant and insensitive one way or another.

So anyone who can learn to cope with either has done a fantastic job.