I'm new here!
I'm here because I've recently been diagnosed with OCD, having spent most of my life believing OCD meant washing your hands 23 times and arranging your stationery by colour. Turns out you can have OCD without being particularly clean or organised. Who knew?
For me, it's been intrusive thoughts, endless Googling, reassurance-seeking, mental checking and an exhausting pursuit of certainty about things that fundamentally cannot be certain.
I'm a writer who uses humour to make sense of uncomfortable things, and I'm particularly interested in challenging the stereotypes surrounding mental health.
I'm hoping to connect with people who understand what it's like to have a brain that treats every unanswered question as an emergency.
