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When Is It All Going To Make Sense?

“When is it all going to make sense?” The tension between the temples that seems to never be satiated. A world void of any apparent rhyme...

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How (Not) To Think

The worst part about being trapped in your own mind is being trapped in your own mind. We’ve all been there. There is some event in your...

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This, Too, Shall Pass

“This, too, shall pass.” I wish this message could be tattooed to the inside of my eyelids. No matter how many times I read it, it still...

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Make OCD a Shield, Not a Spear

Let OCD be your shield, not your spear. So often, the anxiety that comes tethered to OCD can feel like a spear, penetrating even the...

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An Open Letter to Anger

The anxiety that OCD brings can manifest into pure, raw anger. Anger at the world, at your own mind. But why do I get so angry, knowing...

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Your Brain Is Kind Of Stupid

I had done it. I had finally stopped drinking. I leaned over the sink of my bathroom and waited for a rush of that warm ecstasy that only...

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Give Your Mental Door A Break

Stop. Stop trying to avoid pain. Soak it in. Let it flow through you. If you try to escape discomfort, you will spend your life running....

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Brighter the Flame, Bigger the Shadow

The brighter the flame, the bigger the shadow. There are some quotes you hear in life that never leave you; for me, this is one that has...

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Learn to live in freedom.

Welcome! I am so glad you found us. This is a place for anyone, OCD or not, but the words here stem from lessons learned at the hands of the disorder. Although the anxiety is brought on by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in my lived experience, the thoughts and ideas I share are, I hope, in some way applicable to anyone who wants to know they aren't alone: feel those feelings, you are human.

“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”

Alan Watts