Gina was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) when she was around ten years old. “It first manifested as intrusive thoughts about my family members,” she tells Dazed. “I used to call it ‘my brain hating itself’.” As her OCD progressed, Gina found that it latched onto more existential topics. “Throughout my teenage years, I spent so much of my time ruminating on whether or not other people are real, if I’m in a simulation, and so on.”

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