Some OCD sufferers keep washing their hands...I feared I’d murder my daughters

Diana Wilson was convinced her thoughts would see her locked up in a mental institution should she ever reveal them to anyone

In this shocking account, one mother describes how she overcame an obsessive fear of harming those she loved most

She bears all the hallmarks of a yummy mummy – a slight frame, carefree blonde hair, a country manor home, a wealthy lawyer husband and four gorgeous daughters.
Yet Diana Wilson has a very dark secret. Her story is so disturbing that many will find it hard to comprehend.

She suffered for nearly 30 years from violent, murderous fears of harming others – some so graphic that they cannot be printed.She was convinced that these thoughts would see her locked up in a mental institution should she ever reveal them to anyone. What Diana did not realise was she was suffering from a rarely discussed form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) where symptoms include an obsessive fear of harming others.
Thanks to insightful doctors, Diana was to discover that OCD can be cured with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and she has now tackled her inner demons to the extent that she lectures on mental-health issues.
Diana is holding a silver-framed photo of her four beautiful daughters today aged ten to 16. ‘Ten years ago I was preparing to hand over these little girls I loved to strangers for their own safety, then be driven off to Broadmoor in a Black Maria,’ she says.
She reveals how she simultaneously imagined strangling, drowning, slashing with a razor blade or pushing off an escalator her own family.


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