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answering your questiongs - ocd
thank you for replying to me.
i'm female,21.
well im ill anyway, i got ill when i was 17 and got worried about my last boyfriend alot.
but the washing hands thing started when i was about 19 or 20.
My voice in my head which tells me bad things will happen if i dont do certain things started when i was about 20, thats when i started noticing it alot and i think its got worse since ive had a new boyfriend (since january.)
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Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health?
I am assuming here that you think you may be ill because you recognise the thing's that you are doing,ie frequently hand washing, as possibly slightly irrational.
What you may be suffering from sounds to me like acute anxiety. Do you have deep seated worries that you may be keeping to yourself? Pent up emotion's over a long period of time take their toll. Your body needs a release valve which may manifest itself in the kind of behaviour you describe.
I DO urge you to see your Doctor and tell him/her how you are feeling. You will NOT be laughed at, neither will you be sectioned which I think you are afraid of.
Let me know how you get on.
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