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One in 40 people globally suffer with OCD at some point in their life.

That's about 8 million people here in the United States alone.

One in 100 kids suffer affecting millions of families in the U.S.

People think about O.C. as a personality quirk, right?

Flicking the lights on the off, washing your hands all the time, you know, being

particular about a certain thing. It's like a casual fun term to say, but in actuality, what's really going on is totally different from the, you know, colloquial brand defined by many as the silent illness or the secret illness because it's so prevalent so

crippling but yet so misunderstood if people fear about contamination of

sexual intrusive thoughts religious intrusive thoughts but at the core

is people who have these fears that are, they violate their core values and character,

crippling anxiety from the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep.

You may be living your life.

While that's all happening, you're actually imprisoned in your own head trying to make all these fears

stop your life's happening but you're not actually engaging in your life you're

engaging in the OCD but yet nobody else understands that or knows about it. Hey friends welcome back to Everford Radio I am so glad you are here with me today.

I am Chase tuning your host certified health coach Army veteran and all-around wellness

enthusiast. I am curious about what makes us tick, how we can maintain things that make us feel

our best, even get into optimal levels of physical and mental resiliency to keep me moving forward every damn day to keep living a life ever forward.

That is what you can expect on the show.

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