Blog My Car Wants Me Depressed 8 Dec 2022 Some of my longer time readers know more details about my OCD than others. Notably that one compulsion I had struggled with in times passed was taking long drives and…
Blog Ketamine And God? 12 Nov 2022November 12, 2022 I have made an offhand mention in another post that I do ketamine treatments for my mental health. I have yet to expound upon that or discuss my experience with…
Blog Why I Quit Facebook…Would You? 11 Nov 2022November 10, 2022 It’s been maybe a couple months now that I made the decision to deactivate my Facebook account for good. Not totally delete it, but put it in that hibernation status…
Blog God IS Good. My Traumas, Testimony, Plus A Challenge. 8 Nov 2022November 8, 2022 I don’t talk about my faith enough, considering how steeped in it I am in real life. I often feel bad about myself for it, like I’m letting the ball…
Blog The Scrupulous Rejoice: You Cannot Commit The Unpardonable Sin 7 Oct 2022October 7, 2022 If you spend time in OCD groups or forums, eventually you’ll come across someone who brings up the unpardonable sin. Sooner rather than later, most likely. Usually they’re worried they’ve…
Blog The Narcissist – Up To Old Tricks. OCD Triggered. 2 Oct 2022 Silent treatment. He won’t admit that’s what he’s doing but that’s exactly what it is. And a few hours before it started? He accused me of doing exactly what he…
Blog Feeling Horrible, OCD And Anxiety Play Hardball 19 Jun 2022June 19, 2022 I’ve been nothing but a ball of… OCD. If that made sense. I’m a walking obsession, with some splashes of compulsions. That make more sense? It’s been a downward decline…
Blog How Not To Feel or Think A Thought 18 Jun 2022 Ever have a feeling you don't like and wish it would go away? Have you ever thought about something and very much not want to think about it, but then…
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 Mental Illness Combos for the Win 24 Mar 2022 OCD often brings depression, at a reported rate of 25% to 50%. My mental illness buddies, OCD and Bipolar depression, have been kinda off and on pals since I was…
Blog Radio Silence, An OCD Conundrum 12 Mar 2022March 12, 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 To Facebook or Not to Facebook? 9 Mar 2022 I have been “fasting” from Facebook for lent since last Wednesday. Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter in which Christians reflect on the sacrifices Jesus made. Why…
Blog Invisible Friend. OCD – Can We Be Friends? 21 Feb 2022February 24, 2022 Those who know me know music is one of my obsessions/compulsions (compulsion if I’m honest). Drives them crazy, as I will pick a song and it goes on repeat until…
Blog Right and Wrong, Not Ambiguous. OCD Flare. 19 Feb 2022April 4, 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…