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Penny Moodie - Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

The Imperfects

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What Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

There are lots of different kinds of OCD and there's like the OCD family as well. So it's really broad, but obsessive compulsive disorder is all about intrusive or unwanted thoughts which everyone has. And they're... I don't think this is the right word, but they're outrageous thoughts, aren't they? They can beReally sort of taboo topics as well. For a lot of people, it is cleanliness and it is picking up germs. If that's your obsession, maybe you're going to get a disease. Then so then the compulsion would be to wash your hands. That's just your classic example. But then there's another kind of OCD, which is called

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