Living With OCD
Living with OCD can be humiliating. You find yourself doing things and know people are looking at you, but you can't stop. I used to find myself spending two hours before I went to bed doing my rituals. Now it's only fifteen or so minutes which is a great improvement. I would rather not do them at all. Stress can make it worse and sometimes when you can successfully get rid of one compulsion/obsession another one will pop up. But with medication and the right kind of attitdue you can change your behavior.
I recommend you read the book:
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing
by Judith L. Rapopport, M.D.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Email: sweetelmo@prodigy.net
