I wish people understood just how INTENSE OCD is

This shit nearly made me fail high school and made me extremely lonely because I could not focus on anything except OCD, for years the only times I wasn't obsessing was when I distracted myself with easy entertainment. The anxiety it induces is so STRONG it genuinely feels like something catastrophic and life-ruining is happening, EVERY DAY, and it's hard to look past such intense feelings even if you're aware that what you're obsessing over is absurd.