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Sofi Driscoll

Yesterday I couldn’t. Today I could.

Yesterday I couldn’t. Today I could. This year, I gave my mom tickets to see one of her favorite bands […]

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Alexander Culafi

I assumed that this OCD was too weird

It was June 27, 2018, and a Wednesday almost like any other. I had just gotten back from the gym, […]

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George Somers

Questioning Yourself, and Hubristic Overthinking

When I was eighteen, I started this relationship with a plucky, punky, quite typically teenage angst fellow eighteen year-old. Like […]

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Anonymous

I am growing, and so are you – Finding beauty in OCD growth

My story makes me a little frustrated to think about, being that I didn’t get diagnosed until I was 19 […]

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Anonymous

A human mental health issue

My parents shunned any type of conversation about sex. In fact, I have never seen my parents kiss even and […]

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Anonymous

My post partum OCD

It’s a girl! A little girl, she only weighs tiny even after being a week overdue. That long awaited week […]

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George Somers

OCD is a superpower

Many of those living with OCD can trace their mental health lineage back to a moment, or at least a […]

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Anonymous

Wedding Bells or Alarm Bells

I thought I wouldn’t write this until I was recovered, but I realized that “recovery” isn’t an end point; it’s […]

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Anonymous

OCD Realization the long story

When I look back, OCD had gotten its sinister hooks into me when I was a teenager and was fully […]

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Julie

Life Along the Path of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

I can vaguely remember a time when “it” wasn’t there.  The “it”, which for twenty-two years, I didn’t know actually […]

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