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OCD in the spotlight during October awareness period
If you pay close attention to the tidiness and order of your home, and you tell yourself, “Oh, I’m so OCD,” that’s not necessarily true obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical OCD is a complex, debilitating mental health condition that overwhelms the lives of sufferers, affecting their work, relationships and overall well-being. People with the disorder have frequent intrusive thoughts and repeated actions to bring relief from those thoughts. “In our treatment center, less than 5% are about being neat and tidy,” said Paul Peterson, CEO and founder of OCD Anxiety Centers in ...
