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Have you ever been homeless?

There has been a big jump in the number of households officially recognised as homeless by councils in the South East. According to the homeless charity Crisis - it is up 18% on last year and that is just the people who are known to the authorities. The hidden homeless are uncounted. No-one knows how big the problem really is.

What does it do to you to not have a home? Being homeless does not necessarily mean you are living on the street. You may have had your house repossessed in the past and had to move in with friends or family. You have got a roof over your head - but it is not yours. Maybe you have sofa surfed - relied on people's hospitality, their floors their spare furniture.

Maybe you had to leave the family home suddenly - because you were not safe, or you were kicked out. Where did you go? Who looked after you? Have you had periods in emergency accommodation? Have you ever squatted because at the time that was the only answer? Maybe you have genuinely lived on the street.

It made the headlines at the end of last week, a Tory MP stood up in the House of Commons and revealed how Obsessive Compulsive Disorder was ruining his life.

Charles Walker said voices in his head told him to repeatedly switch off lights and wash his hands.

He said he destroyed a "beautiful" photo of his son after the voices told him the child would die otherwise.

The Conservative MP for Broxbourne, says he has lived with OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder for over thirty years.

We speak to Ashley Fulwood, Chief Executive of OCD-UK, the leading national charity, independently working with and for almost one million children and adults whose lives are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

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