Watch this when
OCD: The War Inside
It's not about being tidy. It's a war inside.
Who it's for
Hearing ordinary people describe intrusive thoughts and rituals in their own words can break the sense that you are the only one.
Isolated and misunderstood→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
A National Film Board of Canada documentary that follows several people through their daily lives with OCD, going beyond the familiar hand-washing and door-checking to the intrusive thoughts, nagging fears and rituals underneath.
Where to find it
Free to stream on the National Film Board of Canada website (nfb.ca).
Before you start
Heads up: Distressing intrusive thoughts.
The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 50
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