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I suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and i love exercise but i fear from suffering of athletic nervouse<anoerxia so i stay in home what can ido?

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Exercise: Exercise actually improves obsessive-compulsive disorder because it tends to decrease anxiety which lessens symptoms of OCD.

Answered 6/4/2014

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