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Radio 4,2 mins

What is it like to live with severe OCD?

Woman's Hour

Available for over a year

Lily Bailey cannot remember a time when she did not experience distressing intrusive thoughts. As a child she would worry about anything from spreading disease to appearing vain, and performed an exhaustive series of 'routines'. She has now written a memoir, Because We Are Bad, describing her experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and joins Jane to share her experiences.

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