Seeing as it is a holiday week, what with Thanksgiving coming up, as well as the start of the holiday season in general, I thought I’d write up a little bit about getting ready to talk to other people about your mental illness. Specifically, let’s look at talking to family or people you don’t see…
The last few days have been exhausting in good and hard ways. Between the publication of the LDS Living article and comments positive and harsh regarding that, General Conference, and a book signing event, it’s been a physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally tiring weekend.
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…
A friend posted on Facebook recently about how hard it can be to find affordable therapy or psychological care. In addition to the often prohibitive cost of seeing a psychologist, sometimes it is simply hard or impossible to find a local psychologist who specializes in OCD (or whatever mental illness you have). We have some…
I love receiving comments and personal messages on this blog. Of course, I don’t love that others are suffering with obsessive compulsive disorder because I know that it is hard and life altering in many negative ways. But I do love that people have found a place they feel safe to be themselves and confide…