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Obsessive compulsive disorder resistant to help?

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OCD seeking help: Persons with OCD can vary a bit in their willingness to get treatment, and the degree to which they seem to "want" to change. The most resistant sub-group of ocd'ers I have observed has been hoarders, who are often quite unwilling to change or get help, resisting all efforts to "contain" their compulsions. They experience intolerable anxiety when "deprived" of their collection.

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Generally not: Generally OCD is treatable, but with more severe symptoms that have lasted years, treatments are more difficult and met with more resistance.

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