This post is for the ladies, but men can read it if they would like. Let’s just say that I have some questions about birth control and its effects on OCD. Maybe you do too. Maybe that’s what lead you to read this blog post. Unfortunately, I am not here to tell you that I…
The longer I have OCD, the more I realize that it’s not cut and dry. Yes, it follows the same pattern. Yes, “battling it” also follows the same general patterns. But that doesn’t make it easy to overcome or live with, day by day, for us (or for our family members and loved ones).
For me, traveling with OCD can be difficult. Even with my recent trip to San Francisco for OCD Con, I felt anxiety before leaving on the trip. For that one, I was scared of using public bathrooms because I didn’t want to have to bring in my bag to the toilet area and touch my…
Lately my anxiety has been on what I’ll call “high alert.” It’s not that anything really difficult or crazy has been happening (though yes, occasionally something random will occur and trigger my OCD), it’s more that I’ve been feeling almost constantly on edge. Emotional/Mental and Physical Responses Sometimes I feel like my brain can’t relax,…
I was praying one night about my mental illness and current state and the phrase “cheat the asylum of a victim” came to me. This phrase is from a letter written to George Albert Smith, a Latter-day Saint prophet, by his uncle, Dr. Heber Sears. Dr. Sears sent this letter to George when he was…