Blog Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Or Is It? 12 Jun 2022 I did a quick figuring and I only have to groom 5 more days until I close down. That’s something to be grateful about. Especially since I now have carpal…
Blog What I Created, Mixed Media Show ‘n Tell 11 May 2022 I did manage to make 2 paintings from the backgrounds I created on Monday. The largest background, 24x48, is still staring at me, but I’ll take the victory of painting…
Blog Will I Lose You? It’s My Opinion 10 May 2022 Abortion. It’s a hot topic lately and you have to be very careful what you say around who these days. With the hoopla of Roe v Wade in the news,…
Blog Happy Easter 17 Apr 2022 I just want to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter today. I hope you have the day off of work and are able to spend time with family, possibly…
Blog Radio Silence, An OCD Conundrum 12 Mar 202212 Mar 2022 So, I might have gone radio silent on communications with my Pastor. I've pulled away almost completely with all social events with my church, unless I can take my husband…
Blog Easter, Not All Bunnies and Egg Hunts 10 Mar 2022 Last Easter was rather hellish for my OCD and in turn, bipolar depression. I know Easter is the Christian holiday I should love the most, and I feel so ashamed…
Blog Right and Wrong, Not Ambiguous. OCD Flare. 19 Feb 20224 Apr 2022 I recently read an article where the author proclaims right and wrong are ambiguous and basically it boils down to viewpoint. I am horribly truncating his long article into one…
Blog Is The ‘Get Mine’ Mindset The Norm? 8 Feb 20224 Apr 2022 Take time to think of others. There’s a distinct lack of that in general in today’s society as a whole. Case in point is a woman complaining about her husband…
Blog Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 27 Dec 2021 A little late to the Christmas party, but in plenty of time to hang the steamers for the New Year. So to speak. Blogging is surprisingly harder than I thought…
Blog More Avoidance – OCD Triggered 20 Nov 20214 Apr 2022 I've done something that I just can't reconcile in my mind, and as far as my OCD is concerned, my mind tells me the only thing that can possibly make…
Blog OCD Reassurance Seeking and Depression. 30 Oct 20214 Apr 2022 Reassurance seeking is normal behavior for those with OCD according to many various resources I’ve come across on the illness. I normally don’t seek reassurance, especially knowing such a thing.…
Blog… More Scrupulosity OCD Struggles, Alone 19 Oct 202119 Oct 2021 I think I'll never share my struggle with OCD with anyone but strangers online. I just don't know how to make a friend properly, or communicate like an adult in…
Blog How to Let OCD Ruin/Run Your Life. 16 Oct 20214 Apr 2022 I don't actually want my OCD to be running the show and ruining the party (don't you know, it's popcorn every night?). But I know exactly the recipe to let…
Blog… Tell Me Again How You’re “So OCD”? Self Care Break! 9 Sep 20219 Sep 2021 If you missed my simpleton’s explanation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at the end of August, you can check it out here, if you don’t know what OCD is, or you…
Blog… Facing the Fear of Baptism – Scrupulosity OCD 4 Aug 20214 Apr 2022 Sunday I faced my fear and I was baptized. What was I afraid of? Everything. The people, the actual baptism, the water, then the feeling of being wet afterwards -…