Dr. Alex George

Those ADHDers will focus in and hone in.

And the OCD is, well, I've been preparing for this every day of my life anyway, so the worst case has happened, and actually it's not as bad as I thought it would be.

And it's, yeah, I think that's about as good as it gets.

I think OCD is a very cruel condition.

WHO names it as the seventh, I believe it's the seventh most debilitating condition worldwide, because it's all-consuming, it absorbs every part.

It's all-consuming, can absorb every part of your focus, attention, and being.

Suicide risk is exponentially higher in those with OCD.

Co-concurrent depression is much higher as well.

And often people with OCD will use other ways to kind of cope with their compulsions or their anxiety.

For example, drug use and alcohol as well.

It's a really difficult thing to have.

And a lot of people don't realize that OCD has a very strong genetic component.

And there are many psychiatrists who argue that it is actually part of a neurodevelopmental disorder, so that OCD is a neurodevelopmental disorder in itself.

If I look on my mother's side, I believe, I'm not certain, but I suspect my nan may have had OCD.

My mum, I believe, had OCD when she was younger, really struggled with it.

She had a lot of fear around making mistakes at work and would go and check and

they would wake up at night at five in the morning couldn't relax couldn't even enjoy time off and now look at myself and i've been passed on i think those that unfortunate gene and it's been very hard i actually think the ocd has been way harder than than adhd um i don't want to say that that sounds minimizing of adhd but in my experience the ocd has been horrendous

Maybe the ADHD has actually been part of it because you have a hyper-focus, impulsive, sensitive part of an experience combined with a compulsive, hyper-rumination type experience.

The two is like a beautifully horrible storm.

This is really shocking.