“I Drank Alcohol To Mask My Anxieties – Then Was Diagnosed With Pure OCD”
The ‘Pure O’ or ‘purely obsessional’ type of OCD is characterised by distressing, intrusive thoughts and mental rituals to cope with them. Rae Elliman shares her experience of living with – and learning to manage – these hidden compulsions
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