Escaping the prison of obsessive compulsive disorder

Jenn Coward was 15 when the obsessions started.
After a neighbour’s house had been broken into, she became consumed by thoughts that she and her family were in danger, too. And so began a series of rituals that eventually would take over her life: checking that doors were locked, that windows were closed, searching any potential hiding spots for a burglar who meant harm.
Coward had no idea she was in the powerful grip of obsessive compulsive disorder.
“I didn’t really know what