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5 Things to Consider Before Saying You’re ’So OCD’

We live in the age of different. “Hipster” is in. It’s cool to be unique, nerdy and quirky. What better way to show your individuality than branding yourself “so OCD?” This might be true, except for the fact that obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is not a quirk or a set of tendencies. It’s an incapacitating, [...]
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How a Trip to the ER Ended With My OCD Diagnosis

Weeks pass. I feel like I am always crying. I have no idea how my body can produce so many tears, but there are many. My body is on fire with every breath and the thoughts racing through my mind are sharp and scratchy like a needle skipping on a record. Repeat. Repeat. So much [...]
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The 'Emotional Hurricane' That Is OCD and Menopause

I once read that the physiological experience of menopause is very similar to that of going through adolescence… in reverse. If one is to envision these two experiences as comparable then it would be logical to say that an individual currently in the life stage of menopause may experience some of the same mood swings, [...]
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