What Does OCD Feel Like? The Paper Prison Metaphor

A lone figure stands in a narrow space made of layered paper walls, tearing a vertical opening through the paper as warm light pours in from the other side.

OCD can feel like living inside a prison.

Your fears, rules, obsessions, compulsions, and rituals surround you like walls made of concrete. It can feel like there is no way out.

But these walls are not made of concrete at all. Look closely. They are made of paper, and paper can tear if we dare to try.

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