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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety related condition where a person experiences frequent, intrusive and unwelcome obsessive thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges. OCD affects as many as 12 in every 1000 people regardless of age, gender, social background or culture. At the time of writing this there are around 741,504 people living with OCD based on current estimates (source OCD.UK). OCD can be so debilitating and disablin

So, we are over a week into January and the majority of the people I have spoken to, namely friends and family, have expressed that they are feeling a little ‘down’. Some have said they have no energy - others have said they feel overly irritable and have little patience but all of them have wondered why, when a few days before they were feeling fine. I have to admit that to a certain extent I include myself in feeling a little less motivated than usual! Which led me to wonde