• 2 years ago
Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) impacts every facet of a person’s daily life, from their home rituals and professional career to interacting with society at large. Maia Kinney-Petrucha, a writer, performer and neuroscience student living in New York, joins SELF to explain what it’s like to live with chronic, uncontrollable thoughts and behaviors, day to day.

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