Hello Mike,

Thank you very much for your thoughtful and kind comments.

Having made many attempts to get professional help which were not successful, naturally I am cautious. Where I live, the public services are over-subscribed and the private ones expensive. So I have to be very judicious in choosing someone. Sometimes I feel that the depth of the help I need is so overwhelming, that I am paralyzed in my decision-making.

I certainly think that I could probably benefit from CBT to dilute the OCD and I am going to make a fresh effort to get this help.

I hope you are coping well. Please keep in touch, and again my thanks.

Hansi.