Where to begin?

I am not quite sure how to do this without sounding completely lame.  But I feel like I need to tell at least part of my life to someone.

I guess I will just start.  I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD as it will be referred to), I am about 2 years out from my diagnosis but have been suffering (and i do mean suffering) from this disorder since as long as I can remember.  I check things in groups of 3's, have issues with symmetry and perfectionism, hyperresponsibility and some contamination issues.  There are a whole host of other things that bother me but I am not sure how to categorize them.  I am working with a therapist to do cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and do exposure response prevention therapy (ERP's).  Yes i see a psychiatrist and am on a couple medications that seem to keep some of the symptoms at bay enough so that I can sleep at night.

I hope that someone finds this whether they have OCD or one of their family members have it. My experience with my illness and my family is one that is divided, it seems that my more removed relatives almost seem to care more, they ask questions about how I am feeling these days, how my therapy is going, etc; while my immediate family seems to be in complete denial.  My fiance has been through a good portion of this with me and has stood by me the entire time.  I don't know where I would be with out him.   At my worst times, he is the one my OCD and rational mind turn to to see how to get back to reality.  His family is really supportive of me, or at least it always seems to be that way at least.  I am blessed to have them in my life.  

The media has done such a good job of blowing this condition so out of proportion that I am at times terrified to tell doctors that I have OCD in fear of being locked up in some hospital away from the rest of society.