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2018-05-06 20:38:13
My mother is over catious,she has various disbeliefs ,she does not want to touch anything also do not allow anyone else to touch certian things for eg. Not to touch a dustbin or not to touch a person who has eaten non veg as she is vegetarian and many nore similar stuff and if she touches it then she takes bath again .are these signs of abnormality
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Definitely it's a sign of psychiatric illness. Probably she is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Please see a near by psychiatrist.

Answered2018-05-07 05:02:47

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