Insight (1995)

Obsessed (2014x28)

: 26, 2014

"I’m never free" – Sandra Pritchard Some days it can take Sandra Pritchard more than 10 minutes to make a cup of tea. The cup isn’t quite right. The tea bag doesn’t go in properly. Sometimes, after more than a dozen attempts, she simply gives up. Sandra has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The mum of two is consumed by her illness. She compulsively rearranges, sorts, washes, rinses, checks, touches, wipes. Around three per cent of Australians experience OCD in their lifetime, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. And you can’t be "a little bit OCD". The real thing is debilitating. So when does an obsession cross the line? What distinguishes a passionate, driving obsession from something more serious?