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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Emily Phillips & Nicole Wootton-Cane

New mum who spent FIVE HOURS a day cleaning was convinced own children were 'dirty' in battle with severe OCD

A new mum who spent five hours each day cleaning has told of how her severe OCD plagued her with thoughts that her own children were 'dirty'.

Angel Stagg, 25, said her cleaning routine took over her whole mornings - but then felt guilty for not spending enough time with her kids, describing the experience as 'awful'.

The mum-of-two began to suffer with intense low moods after the birth of her daughter Evelyn, now two, in February 2020. But the thoughts became more intense after the birth of her second child, Jackson, one, in May 2021.

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