I work in mental health and even I didn't recognize my compulsive thoughts

Though she says she's dealt with scary thoughts her whole life, it wasn't until she turned 40 that Mariom Ferrer, a social worker specializing in mental health learned she was living with OCD — an illness she says even she misunderstood. She writes about the misconceptions and how she's learned to cope for CBC Ottawa First Person.

I work in mental health and even I didn't recognize my compulsive thoughts
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Though she says she's dealt with scary thoughts her whole life, it wasn't until she turned 40 that Mariom Ferrer, a social worker specializing in mental health learned she was living with OCD — an illness she says even she misunderstood. She writes about the misconceptions and how she's learned to cope for CBC Ottawa First Person.