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Stuck in a Doorway: an OCD story

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Last Updated on Sunday, 26 June 2011 11:51 Sunday, 26 June 2011 07:45

“If I see someone coming towards me in the street and I don’t like the look of them, I might put my hand over my mouth, or pull my scarf or my hair over, so I don’t have to breathe where they’re breathing. When I go out of a room I sometimes switch the light off and then repetitively switch it on and off before I can leave the room. I have to do it a certain number of times.”

A short film by student, Kevin McCarthy, documenting the personal stories of two OCD sufferers, Michelle and Mary-Jo.

 

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