Emily Ferretti: Magical Thinking OCD

Penny talks to acclaimed contemporary painter, Emily Ferretti about her experience with magical thinking OCD.

Em talks so generously about:

- Some of her early OCD symptoms that arose when she was at primary school

- Seeing a counsellor early on but not receiving the right treatment until she was an adult

- Having certain obsessions triggered by specific life moments

- How OCD can wax and wane throughout someone’s lifetime

- Going on medication and finally seeing a psychologist who had experience with treating OCD

- The catharsis of group therapy

- Becoming a mum who has OCD