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Welcome to our real stories section! Here you can read or listen to young people’s experiences of dealing with different mental health issues and what has helped them to get through their problems. These have been developed in partnership with the BBC. Click here to choose a different journal
“Hi I’m Fallon and I’m 13 years old. OCD means Obsessive compulsive disorder. My OCD makes me sensitive to illnesses and makes me feel like I can catch them easily. I get obsessed with getting ill.”
“I started to blink a lot, like blinking with force, and my arms and legs kept bending rapidly. I was pretty scared considering I couldn't help the movements and so they were just ‘happening’.”
“A phobia is an irrational fear of, and a compelling need to avoid, particular activities, situations, or objects.”
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