<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/79b66b59-2419-4f76-bf19-f76de4b322cf/62F91E35-231D-44A7-895F-0C5A9EFC5733/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/32CDD1C7-C709-4AF1-8B82-297542812DA3" alt="Huw Davies, who suffers from an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder / OCD" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">I suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). My afflictions are mild and, to an extent, controllable. They're inconvenient, not incapacitating. I count everything, I wash my hands 40 to 50 times a day, I sometimes have to turn certain ways</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">Among others, Jessica Alba, Paul Gascoigne and Cameron Diaz have all confessed to having some form of OCD</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">David Beckham, meanwhile, admits to an obsession with symmetry</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">A counsellor told me she believed it nearly always stemmed from a traumatic childhood experience. This is a popular theory, perhaps because it's the most exciting one. But no, I didn't fall into a bog when I was seven or anything like that. I just noticed it at university, and then that it was steadily worsening. On average, the condition affects women in their early 20s and men in late adolescence</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">it's very difficult to admit to having it.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/aug/11/healthandwellbeing.mentalhealth">It is easy to feel as if you are the only person who suffers from such strange thoughts and urges</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62F91E35-231D-44A7-895F-0C5A9EFC5733/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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