“I’m an all-American guy. No one would look at me in a million years and think I had this. My motivation was to open it up and put a better picture on OCD. It’s something I’m not proud to have. But I have it and I’m not afraid to talk about it.” ~ Bob Hobbs Jr. ~

Shanna Hogan
Times Publications
February 2008

On-off. On-off. On-off. Bob Hobbs Jr. repeatedly flicks the light switch on the back patio of his posh Paradise Valley home. On-off. On-off. On-off. The ritual stops once it “feels right.” “It sounds funny,” says the 37-year-old Valley native and motivational speaker. “I joke that my neighbors think I’m doing Morse code.”

No longer ashamed of their secret rituals, people like Hobbs and Schwab are opening up about their experiences with OCD, hoping to shed a positive light on what is for many a mentally crippling disorder. Click here to read full story!

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