BRYONY GORDON: This week I suffered a horrific OCD episode that left me fearing I was a psychopath. This is how I dealt with it - after years of numbing my intrusive thoughts with drugs and alcohol
The terrible thoughts in my head had been building for some time, but it was on Tuesday morning that they peaked.
My husband had left for work, my daughter for school and I was alone in the house when my brain began to go to war on me.
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