How i took back control of my life

FOR AUTHOR KATE WESTON, BOTH STAYING IN HER HOUSE AND LEAVING IT BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE TORTURE. BUT FOR THE LONGEST TIME, SHE HAD NO IDEA IT WAS OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Welcome to Anxiety on Your Mind, the series where we explore the reality of living with anxiety. In this edition, Paul Carter, 45, who lives in West Sussex, shares how he navigates intrusive thoughts that come with OCD

How can I foster self-compassion with OCD?

For about a decade I was convinced I was mortally ill. The identity of my illness changed several times, but the fear was always the same: in short, that I was dying; that I had some dreadful and no d

Helen Murray Taylor shares how a mental health breakdown led to her being sectioned

Books and toys piled high, shopping still in grocery bags and brand new clothes collecting dust; a narrow pathway through each room and barely space to open a curtain – this was the home of a hoarder.