Big Brother Naija star, Nengi Hampson, has sparked backlash online after revealing she suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Nengi had complained on the microblogging platform, Twitter, about waking up at 3 am. to clean her kitchen and she attributed her weird cleaning schedule to OCD.
“My OCD got me cleaning my kitchen at 3 am smh”, she tweeted.
My ocd got me cleaning my kitchen at 3am smh
— Nengi Rebecca Hampson 👑 (@nengiofficial) January 27, 2023
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental illness that causes repetitive unwanted thoughts or feelings (obsessions) or the urge to do something over and over again (compulsions).
People with OCD typically experience repetitive unwanted thoughts or obsessions that create an extreme urge to repeat a particular behavior.
A characteristic of OCD patients is their inability to tolerate a disorderly environment, or their fixation on maintaining order.
Nengi’s tweet prompted a flurry of reactions from social media users, who suggested that the reality TV star probably thought OCD was a fancy word when she claimed to have it.
They argued that OCD is a serious mental illness that goes beyond waking up at 3 am. to clean.
In response, a Twitter user, @girlsucre1 wrote: “You don’t know OCD until you’re compelled to wash your hands with soap five times, not because five is your favorite number but because five evens everything out for you or something bad will happen to you.”
@Ebubechi247 wrote: “Rebecca you do not have OCD, you’re not even big on cleanliness cos if you were you wouldn’t have been able to stay sane with those strangers for 72 days”.
@mni___e wrote: “Ocd isn’t just about cleaning. The way some people use it to chase clout, they forget it is a disease.”
