Julie Abdullah wash their hands 300 times a day, and her hair - 25 times a day

40-year-old Julie Abdullah from Malaysia feels an irresistible need to conduct a variety of hygienic rituals.

Oddities in her behavior started about 20 years ago. Gradually, they were aggravated and now the woman spends 5 hours a day to shower and wash your hair 25 times a day. Most often, Julie washes his hands - up to 300 times per day.

The woman had noticed something was wrong in his behavior about two decades ago. Then she worked as a laboratory assistant at the clinic, treating urine, feces and blood test for HIV. Julie Abdullah start to spend more time on hand washing for fear of infection, and then realized that earned obsessive-compulsive disorder. In spite of this, the woman decided not to seek help. "I thought I could manage on their own", - she said.

In the end, the woman lost her job, which is constantly running late because of the obsession once again wash your hands or take a shower. She needed money to pay the bills. Once she so desperate that he began rummaging in the garbage that is thrown neighbors to find out there are things that can still be sold. Julie gained so much debris that it took almost the entire two-bedroom apartment where she lived with her mother. Her mother was forced to sleep on the stairs because of the odor and lack of ventilation in the apartment.

Gradually, the amount of waste has increased so much that he barred windows and the apartment was dark. Then Julie realized her immorality. She began to wash continuously and almost did not come out of the bathroom for three months.

In 2009, she realized that he was on the verge of suicide and appealed to the hotline of the Singapore Association of Mental Health. Employees hotline helped her send life back on track. Only a few years later, her condition worsened again: Julie started to skip classes assigned to her treatment. Now the woman again plagues up to two bottles of shampoo and a bar of soap 21 per day.

She was so emaciated hygiene procedures that it has neither the time nor the energy for anything else. Fortunately, her consultant Mental Health Association in time to intervene and put a woman in the institute appropriate profile, where the woman was in a period of 22 days. Now Julie Abdullah sure regained control of their lives. She even agreed to tell his story in a photo exhibition Picture My World, which aims to raise awareness about mental illness in the world.

via factroom.ru