This is a short excerpt from a YouTube video (creator: Danielle Jhiani) discussing compulsive behaviors associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). The speaker contrasts everyday organization (grocery lists, calendars, phone reminders) with OCD-driven compulsions where list-making and note-taking become obsessive and interfere with normal functioning.
The compulsions that can come with this are things like making lists, making very detailed notes, having to write things down. Maybe you bookmark things in your phone or on your computer. Maybe you have a lot of folders that you save things in. You might even have special books that have to be organized or color coded the right way. And so a lot of you might say, well, isn't it normal to make a grocery list or write something down that's important, an important appointment that maybe I need to go to? And the answer is yes, of course, we all have our grocery lists. Mine is on Alexa. Many people will write down important appointments on a calendar. Again, mine is on my phone. And I couldn't remember all of the appointments that I have. So yes, I do jot those things down. The difference with somebody with OCD is they get very obsessed about this and then they get compulsive. And if.
