Nice top ten list.

Yeah I get REALLY annoyed when people tell me "just don't listen to those thoughts."

Also, when people who don't have OCD say something like "we all have those kind of thoughts." It's true that everyone gets a little obsessive about some things, but OCD cannot be understood without either living it or making an effort to understand how it differs from conventional obsessions.

In fact the website GoodTherapy.org - Therapy, Find a Therapist or Marriage Counselor made a point about the ways people casually use the language of mental illness to describe ordinary things, which they find does not aid understanding. BuzzFeed had a list of things "that will bother your OCD" which was basically a series of photos of things that were organized with one element out of place. It was funny, but it was an example of distorting the understanding of what true OCD is.

I have a friend with OCD who takes a very long time to get anything done due to her rituals (combined with ADD distractability too which multiplies the time it takes to finish a ritual).

I, on the other hand, am very fast at getting things done because I have no rituals, and in fact one of my obsessions is with the passage of time. So I really push and rush at things.

Needless to say this friend and I have a hard time coordinating any activities.