BBC News4/29/2026Health
'I think my children will die every day': Inside the hidden world of Pure OCD
Five people in the UK share their experiences of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, challenging public misconceptions about the condition
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- Five people living with OCD in the UK share their experiences, including intrusive thoughts about their children dying and paedophilia OCD.
- The article challenges the common perception that OCD is just about cleaning and tidying, highlighting that around 750,000 people in the UK suffer from the condition, ranked by WHO as one of the top 10 most debilitating illnesses.
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Five people living with OCD in the UK share their experiences, including intrusive thoughts about their children dying and paedophilia OCD. The article challenges the common perception that OCD is just about cleaning and tidying, highlighting that around 750,000 people in the UK suffer from the condition, ranked by WHO as one of the top 10 most debilitating illnesses.
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