This is a letter to Santa containing all our wishes for Christmas and the coming year.
You can only post one wish at a time and must wait for someone else to post their wish before you can post another wish. You can wish for anything you want it doesn’t even have to be realistic.
Dear Santa,
Please could we have the following for Christmas -
More awareness of OCD,
ooh err 
A super warm sleeping bag as it's cold up on the hill 
A b/f that looks like Gerard Way 
As there has been a lot of friction on the forum lately I would like to start by clarifying that this post is not directed at anyone in particular nor is it meant to upset or critisise anyone it is something I wanted to say. And Trudy please excuse me for hijacking your thread.
I have had OCD since my early teens. It has been something that has been poorly understood by myself, people close to me and in the past healthcare professionals. My OCD or inability to perceive the world at times the way other people do has been used as a stick to beat me with and occasionally I have also done that to myself. I have been labelled by society with many names: inadequate, feeble minded, weak, mental, crazy, neurotic etc (i'm sure many of you are familiar with these "names"). I have had to prove my right to work because of my OCD as some people felt that "someone like me" shouldn't be doing the job I do. Normal daily activities are challenging to say the least. People who don't know me are surprised if I have need to share that I have OCD as they do not expect someone with a mental illness to be like "me". Perhaps they thought all people who see life differently would fit the stereotypes that the media and society continually reinforce? I have never been OCD free, but there have been times when it was easier and times where it is harder. But I carry on as we all do.
I do not percieve myself to be the things I have been labelled. I would like society to stop labelling people who think differently to other people as weak minded and people who conform to the norm as strong minded. People are people, we are all different, I wish people would stop seeing differences and start seeing similarities. Society would function much better if everyone worked towards finding the things that unite us rather than the things that divide us. None of us see life the same way, whether we have a mental health issue or not, so for Christmas I would like the world to stop labelling me (end of rant 
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For Christmas I'd like people to be more patient with each other especially when someone is struggling to cope 
Aargh. Can you not use warm water then? Or is your hot water on the blink?
If your hands are still sore, could you wear rubber gloves when fiddling with the washing? Might help. Lakeland Limited sell those disposable vinyl gloves if that's easier.
I wish for Trudy never to have to wash her hands unless she wants to!
Thanks, that would be nice for all of us with contamination OCD that continually wash our hands I can't use warm water as can't touch the tap to turn it off and then touch the washing 
I thought of those gloves but they're contaminated even if new, I drop things with them on and they make my hands sweaty and sore. Right pain aren't I?
I'd like for people in positions of authority to listen to us and not to assume that because we've got OCD it's ok to ignore us It's not alright, we've as much right to be heard as anyone else.
You guys are hilarious ! I just laughed so hard I nearly peed ! (did I overshare? lol) Jo, loved your rant. I second third and fourth it.
On a christmas note (although somewhat belated) can I wish for Michael Mcintyre naked and covered in Jack Daniels? Mmmmmmmmm
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