Blog OCD For The Win – Art To Distract? 24 May 202225 May 2022 I legit want to just quit sometimes. Just find a white flag and wave it for whoever is watching my going ons. They’d understand, completely. I’ve been nothing but compulsions…
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 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 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 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… On My Way To Hell With Religion As My Guide – Deep Believer 27 Jun 202127 Jun 2021 Sharing a post from a blogger I follow. It was interesting, enlightening, and worth the read: My entire life changed forever as I realized: I was on my way to…
Blog Religious and Childhood Traumas, and the Aftermath 28 May 20217 Jun 2021 In a previous post a couple months back, I stated that all the hate belongs to me. Just a week ago I was feeling that intensity again, to the point…
Blog… Birthday Sadness, Social Anxiety, and Dealing with Narcissist Tendencies. 28 May 20214 Apr 2022 I just turned 40. I’m not depressed about the number in the slightest. I felt old a decade ago when I was developing signs of fibromyalgia. It’s just a number,…
Blog My Secret Identity and the Employee Who Harassed Me 24 Apr 202128 May 2021 I've hesitated before to come out and say my profession, because it is a major identifier to those who do know me. But it is important to this particular turn…
Blog… Deadlock, Stalemate, Standstill 16 Apr 202118 Apr 2021 News release: Social anxiety causes impasse. Or that’s what my internal news header would read if I had one. Think Inside Out kinda world going on (now I need to…
Blog… Stopping the Downward Spiral. 12 Apr 20214 Apr 2022 Anxiety kept me from church Sunday, and now I’m going down the rabbit hole of depression and even more anxiety. It feels shallow to admit it stems from not receiving…
Blog… Easter Didn’t Kill Me, but it Might as Well Have 5 Apr 202128 May 2021 Easter is hard for me. I feel guilty for ever feeling bad when people talk about Christ’s suffering. Maybe guilt isn’t the word, it just feels so much more than…
Blog… Huge Progress 31 Mar 20211 Apr 2021 I went through a lot today and it was hard, but things are looking up because I have support and hope. I talked to my psychiatrist about the religious OCD…
Blog Deserves its own Diagnosis? 28 Mar 20214 Apr 2022 I have to think I am not the only one out there with the really toxic combination of Bipolar and OCD. The reason I think this particular combo is especially…
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