r/OCD is a subreddit with 327k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses ocd, anxiety, struggling, intrusive thoughts, and compulsions, and they frequently recommend/review medication, hand cream, and antidepressant.
A subreddit dedicated to discussion, articles, and support regarding OCD.
Please read below for more information and resources about OCD and the subreddit.
Popular Themes in r/OCD
#1
Pain & Anger
: "how do you cope with the fact that nobody will ever truly, wholeheartedly understand you and your suffering?"
19 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "does anyone else with pure-O feel like they've started having trouble understanding the meaning of simple words/instructions?"
14 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "fluvoxamine help please (extremely low dose)"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/OCD
#1
Ocd
: "Bladder Ocd"
319 posts
#2
Anxiety
: "Anxiety with Tampered Food?"
67 posts
#3
Struggling
46 posts
#4
Intrusive Thoughts
: "Songs That Cause Panic and/or Intrusive Thoughts"
30 posts
#5
Compulsions
: "Fighting Compulsions"
23 posts
#6
Medication
: ""Anybody else raw-dogging their OCD + ADHD because every Medication seems to come with side effects?"
21 posts
#7
Therapy
: "When going to Therapy repeatedly doesn’t work"
20 posts
#8
Looking For A
13 posts
#9
Frustrating
13 posts
#10
Health
12 posts
Products Discussed in r/OCD
Medication
21 reviews
#1
Zoloft
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Clomipramine
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Prozac
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Hand Cream
10 reviews
#1
O'Keeffe's
3.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Garnier
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Vanicream
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Antidepressant
7 reviews
#1
Fluoxetine
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Clomipramine
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Citalopram
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/OCD
#1
Need support/advice
: "ERP making OCD worse initially?"
64 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Bladder OCD"
51 posts
#3
Question about OCD
: "For people that ruminate as their compulsion what works best stopping it once a rumination cycle had commenced?"
35 posts
#4
Just venting - no advice please
: "I hate ocd"
10 posts
#5
Support please, no reassurance
: "I know this is gross but I haven't showered in a week"
9 posts
#6
Venting, NO REASSURANCE please!
: "ocd is ruining my life and destroying my brain"
9 posts
#7
Sharing a Win!
: "Putting myself on a voluntary do not sell firearms list and I feel AMAZING"
8 posts
#8
Friend/family post
: "My dad’s OCD habits are starting to affect everyone in the house. How do you deal with this?"
5 posts
#9
Crisis
: "Anyone else refuses to take SSRIs?"
4 posts
#10
Art, Film, Media
: "any other olivia stans here who deeply relate to her new album? she captured what dating was like for me with rocd perfectly"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/OCD
Yearly
+58k members(21.7%)
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Last updated: June 14, 2026