12 October,2020 07:33 AM IST | | A correspondent
Aly Raisman
Former American gymnast, Aly Raisman recently revealed that she suffers from OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
OCD is a mental disorder characterised by excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviour (compulsions).
During a recent interview on US podcast show, Armchair Expert, hosted by Dax Shepard, Raisman, 26, spoke of her behavioural abnormality.
"I always thought OCD was, 'I have to touch this x amount of times or I have to do this x amount of times before I leave the room.' But I've also learnt that OCD is classified with like ruminating thoughts or obsessive thoughts or catastrophic thinking. I have that," said the three-time Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast.
Raisman said the disorder often left her struggling to discern what's made up and what's real.
"If I had this good luck thing, and I was traveling internationally and I forgot it, or something happened and it broke, I'd be like, 'Oh my gosh, what do I do now?'
Our minds sometimes go to the worst-case scenario. I've been trying to educate myself on the way that our minds work so that I can help myself and better understand it on a personal level," she added.
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