Australian author and mental health advocate Penny Moodie explains obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and recounts her personal experience living with the condition.

In recent years, the stigma associated with mental health issues has started to lift. More people are opening up about their struggles, and medical professionals are becoming more sensitized.

But decades of inadequate representation and misunderstanding cannot be undone within a single generation, so the path towards acceptance and proper diagnosis is still difficult.

Penny Moodie is an Australian writer and mental health advocate. She has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) since age six, but she didn't receive an official diagnosis and treatment plan until adulthood.

In The Joy Thief, Moodie explores what it's like to live with OCD and how understanding the disorder can help with recovery.