The hellish side of handwashing: how coronavirus is affecting people with OCD

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6. He's pretty much the same right now, not worse. He was never formally diagnosed

but we know he has it. We go through buckets of soap and he goes to great lengths to not touch things like door handles with his hands, so that he doesn't have to re-wash, and his routine sometimes makes him run late, but so far it hasn't impacted his life too much. We try not to enable him. He has health insurance and knows he may have to avail himself of it sooner or later. It sucks, but he's still very functional.