My husband and I recently finished watching the second season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” For those who aren’t familiar with “Stranger Things,” it is more or less a science fiction series based in the early 1980s where a group of quirky and intelligent middle schoolers find themselves in the middle of an incredibly dangerous and…
Having a book out in the world is strange experience. Mostly I don’t think too much about it, but sometimes I will get a text message from someone about the book, usually from a friend who gave it to someone and they are relaying back that person’s comments. It’s great to hear these mini reviews!…
Today I wanted to share briefly my experience with using medication for OCD. For those who have been around awhile and/or read my book, some of this may sound familiar. Mostly, I want to address some common fears or questions that people might have about taking medication for a mental health condition like OCD.
Earlier this year, I took some online courses on cognitive behavior therapy from the Beck Institute. Most of the people taking these courses, I assume, were therapists or psychologists reviewing or taking extra courses to enhance their practice. I, however, was taking the courses for educational and self-help purposes.
For those of us with obsessive-compulsive disorder, it can be difficult to truly understand how our loved ones feel. Yes, we are dealing with the actual disorder and that is immensely difficult, but just as they cannot really appreciate how it feels to be in our mind, we cannot really appreciate how it feels to…