Since it is Tax Day, I thought I would do a more lighthearted post going over some things that have changed since I’ve been on this OCD-mental-illness-therapy-medicated journey. Yes, I can bring it back to taxes. Promise. When the Mental Illness Rules your Life When you live with a mental illness or mental health challenge,…
As we approach the end of March, I thought I’d do a brief review of the month, in particular looking at how my own OCD has been going. I usually consider March to be the longest month—it has 31 days and no real “holiday” or day off (yes, there is St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s…
My husband semi frequently goes out of town for business reasons. Previously, this was the opposite of a huge deal. I enjoyed having some free time, being able to watch whatever shows or movies I wanted to see, relaxing, etc. But as our children have gotten older and my OCD became more prevalent, his business…
On Sunday, I get to lead a discussion in Relief Society about the talk, “Three Sisters” given by President Uchtdorf. So, I know that “technically,” since the change in the First Presidency of the Church, it is probably Elder Uchtdorf rather than “President” but people sometimes call former Bishops from their ward “Bishop so and…
As we start the second year of this new year, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit a talk from general conference back in October. I don’t know about you, but I feel like general conference was ages ago now! I guess a lot of things have been going on for me…