OCD is not just about rituals you can see but the exhausting, invisible effort of monitoring your every thought, feeling, and memory for hidden danger. The brain is working overtime, even when you are sitting still.

OCD Awareness Week reminds us that obsessive-compulsive disorder is not about neatness. It is about anxiety, uncertainty, and the brain’s faulty alarm system. Learn the science, debunk the myths, and find out how therapy can help retrain the brain.