I don’t really have too many friends. Sure, I have a lot of acquaintances and people who I know from church, school, or other various settings. But good friends? As in people I text or email or see on a regular basis? That’s a pretty short list. Why I am mostly antisocial It’s not totally everyone else’s…
I love my parents. They have supported me, listened to me, and given me advice countless times. Hopefully you have a similarly positive relationship with your parents. And being a parent, I am beginning to understand what parents mean when they say that parenting doesn’t necessarily get easier or harder—the challenges just change and morph. My…
I have two children. They are both fairly young, which makes my perspective on OCD parent-child relationships perhaps a bit narrow. However, the fact remains that I am a person with OCD trying to deal with and raise children who hopefully won’t have similar issues to my own.
Here is what it’s like when a loved one of yours is suffering from OCD, from the OCD Mormon’s Husband. Backing Out of Plans A few years ago we moved from Utah to California. Many people in the ward there were so nice and wanted to be friends with us, the new couple in the…
I’m lucky. From past experiences and relationships, my husband understands what it’s like to deal with someone who has a mental illness. He appreciates my struggle and didn’t say “good luck with that, I’m going to let you deal with that on your own.” It was my husband who encouraged me to seek help and continues…