When I had been in therapy regularly for a bit, doing my exposures and working hard with cognitive behavior therapy, I started to get my contamination OCD under control. From there, my doctor asked me what other things the OCD had influenced or how it had otherwise affected my life. OCD’s Roots and Branches We…
Welcome to OCD Awareness Week! From October 8 to 14, do all you can to increase awareness of the reality and meaning of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Sadly, so many still do not know what OCD entails, choosing instead of fall back on stereotypes and “jokes” about this debilitating and very real disorder. Utah Trip I am…