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Penny Moodie - Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

The Imperfects

CHAPTER

The Evolution of OCD

In the 80s and 90s, there was so many people who were really worried about having HIV who had OCD. And they often say that OCD will, the sort of obsessions will reflect societies, anxieties or fears of the time. So I think they saw a spike of like syphilis related obsessions in the 20s. When it was at its worst, I would be going and talking to my mum, probably like 20 times a day - just trying to get reassurance from her.

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