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Is there hope with OCD?

The second when the manager – my boss – said to me that he wanted to properly employ me (I had only been an intern up to that point), my...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...