Miranda Murray, OCD (Doco/Photojournalism (2019))

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that causes the sufferer anxious, obsessive thoughts. These recurring thoughts lead to compulsive behaviours that interrupt the flow of daily life. Here I have documented the experience of an OCD sufferer whose major obsession is her cutlery drawer. The cutlery must remain perfectly ordered. Her life is a ceaseless cycle of checking, re-sorting, re-checking the drawer’s contents. It's hard to make the family understand just how stressful untidy cutlery really is.

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