An inquest has opened into the death of a 'bubbly' and 'happy' little girl who died just two days after her first birthday.
11.06.2023 - 06:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Having spent all morning mustering up the courage to leave his home, William Hale opened his front door and took a few steps outside.
The sun and fresh air felt nice on his skin. But he was suddenly hit by a sense of crippling anxiety – one that would leave him questioning every single person who walked by.
“Did they cough as they walked past me?” he asked himself. “Did I trip them up?”
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The intrusive thoughts were exhausting. Suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), William had an intense fear of harming other people. The irrational phobia made it nearly impossible for him to live a normal life.
The 24-year-old was also terrified of contamination, constantly having to sooth his cracked skin from washing his hands 150 times a day.
His other relentless rituals, including tapping and checking his surroundings, grew so severe he had to drop out of education at 16 and become housebound.
“I could never satisfy the OCD no mater how many times I washed my hands,” William, from Wilmslow, told the Manchester Evening News.
“It was all totally irrational and anyone with OCD knows that it’s irrational – but it’s near impossible to control.”
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions.
Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that trigger intensely distressing feelings. Compulsions are behaviors an individual engages in to attempt to get rid of the obsessions and/or decrease distress.
Although many people experience minor obsessions (such as worrying about leaving the gas on, or if the door is
An inquest has opened into the death of a 'bubbly' and 'happy' little girl who died just two days after her first birthday.
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