Can you eat apple slices off the floor? That’s right. Most of us won’t. But if this was the only food available to you after starving for two days, would you still not? Or, to ask a more relevant question, can you imagine not washing your hands for 24 hours and not using your hand sanitizer for a week?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and walks of life and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions. It is a mental illness that causes repeated unwanted thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or the urge to do something over and over again (compulsions). Some people can have both obsessions and compulsions. To be clear, OCD isn’t about habits like biting your nails or thinking negative thoughts. An obsessive thought might be that certain numbers or colors are “good” or “bad.” A compulsive habit might…
