A new mum who spent five hours a day cleaning after battling severe OCD says she was plagued with thoughts her children were "dirty". Angel Stagg, 25, claims she had ''constant voice in her head" saying her children weren't clean enough as she struggled with postpartum depression and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in May 2021.
OCD is a common mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. The mum-of-two began to suffer with intense low moods after the birth of her daughter Evelyn in February 2020.
After the birth of her second child, Jackson in May 2021, Angel began getting intense intrusive thoughts surrounding the cleanliness of her kids, herself and her home. She became convinced her bathroom was too dirty to use, which meant she could ''go days without washing'' herself or her children, before an intense cleaning session.
