Blog | Katja Schulz

Die Angst vor meinem eigenen Geburtstag

Diesen Freitag ist es wieder soweit. Ich habe Geburtstag und fürchte diesen Tag. Zumindest zu einem gewissen Grad. Vielleicht bin ich...

The fear of my own birthday

It's that time again this Friday. It's my birthday and I dread this day. At least to a certain degree. Maybe I'm more melancholic than...

Why I have so many old clothes

25 sleeps to go. Stakes are high. The Grand ERP Trip is approaching at pace. The reason why a lot of my clothes have holes in them is,...

Externalizing OCD to Help Recovery

Externalizing my OCD and viewing it as NOT ME but a separate 'thing' - a separate character - has been helpful in my recovery journey so...

Can We Please Not Forget: The Sufferer With The Sufferer

One day during this recent year, Fiancé (Neil) accidentally 'meddled' in my morning handwashing-routine. I didn't repeat it. But I became...

Coronavirus: An Invisible Threat

(I originally wrote this on 5th May 2020 - still in the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic - and since it is #OCDawareness week...

Made in Germany - what means quality to the world, results in horror for me

Of course, it means that something was manufactured in Germany. I still remember how I went all the way down to kneel with both legs,...

Wenn Zwänge das Leben beherrschen und zur Krankheit werden

Ich lebe im Exil – in England Meine Art von #Zwangstörung bedeutet, dass sich bestimmte Orte & Menschen für mich kontaminiert anfühlen,...

When OCD Gets Out of Control

I live in exile - in England My type of #OCD means that certain places & people feel contaminated to me, but not due to germs. This...