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Anonymous

OCD, existential questions and treatment

AnonMay 9, 2019

My ankles wobbled. My quads ached. My mind raced. What’s the point of this, anyways? Why am I here? Why are any humans here on Earth? My mind bombarded me with these questions on a loop while I was out…

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Anonymous

OCD Land (Creative Writing)

AnonMay 9, 2019

I am far from home even though my surroundings seem vaguely familiar. How did I get here? Was I tempted like Eve in the Garden… possibly persuaded by a serpent to eat fruit off of the wrong tree? Or did…

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Anonymous

…THIS is OCD.

AnonMay 9, 2019

I see a little girl sitting on her bed, writing in a journal that has stolen her freedom. She writes, “I will praise you and love you always.” To any reader it seems cute for a little girl to be…

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Anonymous

A Worthwhile Struggle for Freedom

AnonApr 11, 2019

This post is not a step-by-step guide to get rid of OCD. No, I’ve found that, just like life itself, there is no concrete solution. And that’s what scares us who suffer from this disease the most: the terrorizing fear…

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Spencer

Somatic OCD and the Fear of Forever

I can recall the events leading up to that night so vividly, which says a lot because I can hardly remember what I had eaten for dinner last night. It was early February of 2006; the school week before mid-winter…

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OCD Land (Creative Writing)

ByByAnonMay 9, 2019

I am far from home even though my surroundings seem vaguely familiar. How did I get here? Was I tempted like Eve in the Garden… possibly persuaded by a serpent…

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…THIS is OCD.

ByByAnonMay 9, 2019

I see a little girl sitting on her bed, writing in a journal that has stolen her freedom. She writes, “I will praise you and love you always.” To any…

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A Worthwhile Struggle for Freedom

ByByAnonApr 11, 2019

This post is not a step-by-step guide to get rid of OCD. No, I’ve found that, just like life itself, there is no concrete solution. And that’s what scares us…

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Somatic OCD and the Fear of Forever

ByBySpencer TellermanApr 5, 2019

I can recall the events leading up to that night so vividly, which says a lot because I can hardly remember what I had eaten for dinner last night. It…

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My “No Googling Symptoms” rule

ByByAnonApr 5, 2019

Even in the most emotionally traumatic moment of my life, obsessive thoughts flowed through my mind.  Although, at the time, I just called them my “hypochondriac thoughts” or, more generally,…

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Toughness and beauty in OCD recovery

ByByAnonApr 5, 2019

It was my 7th or 8th Christmas when my first intrusive thought came to my mind. I was in my grandparent’s living room with my mum and suddenly the thought…

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