I feel so much more in control of OCD: Camila Cabello

New York, May 2

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Singer Camila Cabello says she feels "much more in control" of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

The 21-year-old singer, who has struggled with the condition for years, said she has made peace with OCD as it is the healthy way to approach it.

"OCD is weird. I laugh about it now. Everybody has different ways of handling stress. And, for me, if I get really stressed about something, I'll start to have the same thought over and over again, and no matter how many times I get to the resolution, I feel like something bad is about to happen if I don't keep thinking about it," Cabello told Cosmopolitan magazine.

According to American Psychological Association, OCD is an anxiety disorder in which people have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas or sensations (obsessions) that make them feel driven to do something repetitively (compulsions).

The "Havana" hitmaker added it was her mother, Sinuhe Cabello, who played an important role in helping her come to terms with the psychological condition.

"I didn't know what it was and when I found out, and (learned) how to step back from it, it made me feel so much better. I feel so much more in control of it now. To the point where I'm just like, "Aha! OK, this is just my OCD.

"I'll ask my mum a question for the fourth time and she'll be like, 'That's OCD. You've got to let it go'," she said. — PTI.