How The Cornell Seven Case Is Triggering People With OCD

Some of the things that I'm hearing come up for people are things like, oh my gosh, I was part of Greek life.

Am I somehow guilty by association? Um, You know, what if when I was there, I did something that maybe I'm not proud of? Or, you know, am I a bad person because I was or am currently a part of Greek life? And obviously, just because you're part of something doesn't make you responsible for all the things that happen.

That would be an overgeneralization.

Everybody has their own choices to make, no matter who or what they're associated with.

But OCD likes to come around and say, yeah, but you're different.

You know, you're the one who is responsible or might be responsible.

Some other ways that things are coming up for people that I'm hearing a lot about in the OCD community around this is OCD latching on to personal traumas.

Some people have sexual traumas in their life, not related or related could be to Greek life or outside of that.

And if there's one thing we know about OCD is it's a big jerk.

And it likes to latch on to things you care about, things you've experienced, whether they're positive or negative.

And so a lot of people who have trauma are also being triggered by this.

And it's really important to take care of yourself in this time.

And I also get a lot of questions around, well, what if I do have a real life trauma and I have OCD? Is it unsafe for me to get treatment for my OCD? Like, do I have to deal with this trauma first or is it going to make my OCD or my trauma worse? And the answer is it's kind of individual in terms of do you need to treat one first versus the other? As somebody who has OCD and CPTSD, for me personally, it was something that I needed to deal with my OCD first.

That's something that is decided by a therapist who can do a proper assessment.