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MP reveals his battle against OCD as he campaigns against stigma of mental illness
I was visited by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
PUBLISHED: 22:51, 16 June 2012 | UPDATED: 22:51, 16 June 2012
I am delighted to say that I have been a practising fruitcake for 31 years. It was in 1981 at St John’s Wood Tube station – I remember it vividly – that I was visited by obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Over the intervening years it has played a fairly significant part in my life. On occasions it is manageable and sometimes it becomes quite difficult. It takes one to some quite dark places.
I operate to the rule of four, so I have to do everything in evens. I have to wash my hands four times and I have to go in and out of a room four times.
My wife and children often say I resemble an extra from Riverdance as I bounce in and out of a room, switching lights off four times.
Woe betide me if I switch off a light five times because then I have to do it another three times. Counting becomes very important.
MPs discuss mental health problems in emotional Commons debate
A Tory MP disclosed she suffered suicidal feelings after having a baby as a series of MPs spoke today of their personal battles with mental illness in an emotional Commons debate.
The Conservative Dr Sarah Wollaston, a GP, said she had experienced “severe” post-natal depression at what should have been the “happiest time of my life”.
She said: “I know what it’s like and I’m sure there are many other MPs who will know exactly what it feels like to feel that your family would genuinely be better off with you and to experience the paralysis that can come with severe depression.”
Report from the Hardest Hit North-East Conference
Cuts are costing us our independence, disabled people in Newcastle tell Government
Over 200 disabled people, carers and disability campaigners gathered at Newcastle Civic Centre on Friday 1 June to discuss the impact of government cuts on disabled and older people. The conference comes after a march and rally last October which was the largest of a series across the country with over a 1000 people taking part.
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