One key reason is that support for Reform rose more sharply, by 16 points, in seats that the Conservatives were defending - twice as much as in seats Labour were defending.
Martha Ifan, from Carmarthen, also has OCD and has written a play called 12 to raise awareness."I thought it was very important to write about OCD because I thought it was a subject that is often misrepresented," she said.
She added it was "a condition that is misunderstood by many people so I wanted to write an honest portrait of the condition".She wrote the play initially for the Urdd Eisteddfod competition and developed it into an hour-long performance."The idea was to raise awareness of OCD and create an honest picture of the condition... and once I had the idea I couldn't stop writing," said Martha.
"One of my main intentions was to break down a taboo and to facilitate the conversation about mental health."It is a wonderful experience that something good has come from a condition that is very difficult to live with and the most important thing for me is to start a conversation and spread a much wider picture of the condition.
"The main aim is that people leave the theatre having learned something and that there is a conversation about the condition and that people come to understand how the condition can affect individuals."
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Gloucestershire County Council has been run, in one form or another, by the Conservatives for the last 20 years and Stephen Davies is the current leader.But their majority has been whittled down
The current make-up of Gloucestershire County Council before the election is 25 Conservatives, 16 Liberal Democrats, five Labour, four Green, two independents and one recent28 seats are needed for an overall majority.