I don't know how to do it. Maybe I could talk with a therapist, also if at the beginning I could be a bit embarrassed; I don't know if I really need a therapy, but maybe to talk with a doctor could help me and make me understand if there is something that I can do to 'improve'. But my main problem is to tell to my parents that I think to have OCD. I'm too embarrassed, even at the idea to do it. Probably they would make questions about why I think it, they would want to know more about my symptoms, and I don't want to tell them in details, I'm ashamed (also if probably I shouldn't be). And I don't want to make them worry.
I had decided not to do anything till I had finished to prepare exams and the dissertation, because I was already stressed enough. Now the exams are finished, and the dissertation almost is; if I wanted I could talk about it soon; but I don't think to be able. I never feel ready.
If you talked to people in real life about your disorder (not to a therapist, I mean to family or friends for example) how did you do? Were you embarrassed and scared too?
I have OCD, but also feedbacks from people with other disorders would be welcome.