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health articles 743 [18551]Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Personal Story Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) come in various forms but most focus on cleanliness to a degree. This disorder has always fascinated me because for a period of time I feared that I had the disorder. After learning more about the disorder I found that I had some traits that are similar in nature to those of OCD but I do not suffer from it. In order to be diagnosed with the disorder the obsessions and compulsions must impact on the daily life and functioning of the sufferer. This article will tell the tale of someone I met a few years ago that actually suffered a great deal with OCD. Before I start this story I want to say that I have changed the name and some of the particulars in order to protect the identity of my friend. Hannah shared this story with me years after she received the help that she needed and she graciously gave me permission to re-tell her story in the hope that someone will read it and get help long before the situation gets out of control. Even as a young child Hannah did not like to get dirty. She seemed to be overly concerned about dirt, almost so that she was terrified of the thought of it. By the preteen years Hannah was convinced that she was different from other people. She know that this dread of dirt and germs was not completely logical but she knew that if she allowed herself to get dirty something dreadful would happen, this would most likely mean something terrible would happen to her mother. Throughout the years the obsessions with cleanliness would wax and wane but never completely go away. At about 17 years of age Hannah decided that if she got dirty she would get a devastating disease. She began focusing on dirty hands as a culprit. Hannah was convinced that it is next to impossible to have clean hands. She began washing her hands very frequently in order to combat the dirt and germs that continuously accumulated there