I am getting really annoyed with snow days, here in this land we live, where barely any snow can make it into a “snow day” for my children’s schools. This time, however, we really got snow. Like a lot of snow, even compared to the days we used to live in Utah. We drove home from…
I had recently stopped my fluoxetine. I was ready for the day, and I think my kids had just finished up their breakfast or were getting close to it. My son had to go the bathroom. For some reason, I decided to go in after he’d been in there a little bit and check on him.…
Recently I finished reading two “Mormon” books within a day or two of each other: Al Fox Carraway’s “More than the Tattooed Mormon” and Ashley Mae Hoiland’s “One Hundred Birds Taught Me to Fly.” I read them primarily and initially out of research (since I have been writing my mental health book) and also out…
I received a really insightful comment on my “Sketch” about the Zoo Lights. The comment called me out, and rightly so, for protecting my OCD and choosing it over my relationship with my husband. This very thing happened to me so much before I started my cognitive behavioral therapy in earnest. I chose my OCD…
As some of you probably are aware, I am no longer taking any prescribed medication for my OCD. I am definitely not opposed to the use of medication to handle OCD. However, I also can say (having gone the route of only medication and medication plus cognitive behavioral therapy) that I think doing behavioral therapy…