OCD

OCD affects approximately 1 in 40 people worldwide.

Although common, it is unfortunately often misdiagnosed and widely misunderstood. People with OCD can experience intrusive and repetitive thoughts, images, urges or feelings (obsessions) that are ego dystonic.

For people with OCD, these thoughts and feelings feel significant and the individual attaches meaning to them leading to a significant amount of distress. In order to relieve distress associated, they perform physical or mental compulsions.

Although compulsions can provide short-term relief, this unfortunately feeds the OCD cycle and can keep people trapped in a vicious cycle of obsessions and compulsions.