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Temple student makes art out of her OCD

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Chronicle of Higher Education

In the latest episode of the Chronicle's "Say Something" audio series, listeners heard from Alyssa Lomuscio, a 2012 Temple graduate who has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder since she was a child. In college, she hid the condition from friends — until she directed a film featuring an obsessive-compulsive protagonist and found herself making an unexpected admission. "I first decided to tell my actor when we were filming a pivotal scene,'" said Lomuscio, who also starred on the fencing team. "In coming out and telling people, it was a release."