James has a profound fear that he'll lose control of his bowel movements in public, consequently spending up to 7 hours a day on the toilet. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl

James is on an intensive 12week therapy programme at the Bethlem Royal Psychiatric Hospital, suffering from from extreme anxiety and OCD. He fears that he'll lose control of his bowel movements whilst out in public, because of this he spends up to seven hours a day in the loo, too scared to leave in case he has an accident. He's been in and out of psychiatric institutions since he was a teenager and last year had to drop out of university because his OCD got so bad.

This film was first broadcast: 31 Oct 2013

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