Living in a world where it’s completely routine for someone, even a doctor, to tell you to “manifest” what you want has become the everyday norm. Most people hear it, roll their eyes, and move on. Others hear it and decide they want to try to apply it to their
Getting diagnosed with OCD as a young child can feel extremely isolating. Diagnosed at just 8 years old in the early 90s, not many people understood OCD. Between teachers who didn’t (and wouldn’t) help me, and therapists who sometimes felt like they were grasping at straws, it was a real
It seemingly started overnight. I must have been 7 years old, and although I don’t remember everything from the very beginning, I remember enough. It’s been 29 years since my symptoms first appeared, and I’ve learned a lot over the years. I know I had anxiety even before the OCD
