My husband James McMahon died on 14th November 2024 from soft tissue sarcoma. James was an incredible, brave, complicated, honest, creative, talented, legendary, kind, hilarious man and there will never be another person like him. I'd add 'contrary' to that list but he always said he never meant to be contrary, he just quite often thought about things in a different way to everyone else. But he eventually did admit that the Beatles were, actually, a very good band.

Long before he had to do battle with cancer, he had been battling OCD all his life. He never once gave up in the face of all these challenges and always had time for anyone in his life who was going through something, regardless how tough his head made it for him.

After many years of misdiagnosis and bad treatment, he found the Central London OCD Support Group and they saved his life. They helped him to get the right diagnosis and the right treatment and to live his life more free from OCD. It also gave him great friends who really understood how his brain worked.

James did so much during his life to raise awareness of OCD and how it really affects sufferers. I would like to raise money in his memory for that support group. My dream is to start a little fund for people from his group who can't afford to go private to be able to book a session with a reputable OCD expert so that they can start their own journey towards living free from OCD. Either way your donations will help this wonderful volunteer-led group to help more people to not feel so alone.

Thank you for giving anything you can in his memory.

Kat