OCD
American-
Office of Civil Defense.
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obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Around 1- 4% of the population is thought to live with OCD but the number of 16-24 year olds in England reporting symptoms of it has more than tripled in a decade.
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Some people also find it helpful to visualise OCD as something separate.
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"Drawing what OCD looks like can help - there's me and there's OCD, and those are two different things."
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"Eating well, resting and physical activity can help as my OCD is always worse when I'm stressed and not looking after myself," she says.
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Today, Nina still lives with OCD but has learned how to manage it.
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