intrusive thoughts – Snuggles and Struggles

The Cleaning Disease?

There is so little awareness about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The term OCD has been misused so frequently by so many people. I thought OCD was a disorder where people wanted their house to be completely spotless and everything in its place. Although, there is contamination OCD (the stereotypical one people think of) people who struggle […]

Fight the Spiders!

M.J. has started this new game where he pretends to shoot spiders with his “bubble gun”. By the way, if you don’t buy your kids toy guns they will apparently make one out of blocks. Anyway, while we were getting the spiders this morning I felt inspired to write a poem: There are spiders all […]

Won’t Go Speechless

I recently watched the live action Aladdin movie and I really liked it. There was one song in there that I especially liked. This song isn’t in the original cartoon Aladdin so I’m sorry to all you Disney sticklers. “I won’t be silenced. You can’t keep me quiet. Won’t tremble when you try it. All […]

To the human

To the human: Who’s struggling with intrusive thoughts Who’s had suicidal thoughts Who’s had low self-esteem Who’s thought everyone would be better off without them To the human: Who is constantly hoping they didn’t accidentally offend someone Who cares too much what others think of them Who worries no one likes them To the human: […]

Just a Ringing in My Ear

“You’re not a voice, you’re just a ringing in my ear.”- Elsa, Frozen 2, Into the Unknown I’m sure I’ve probably mentioned that we’ve watched Frozen 2 a lot. We have also listened to the music a lot because M.J. always wants “big” songs to listen to. This part of this song reminded me of […]