ocd is not an adjective

Drowning in Snakes

Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in snakes? Wondering if this is the only way Feeling like you’ll never stop sinking Wondering if you’ll reach the surface again Will the snakes go away? Are they here to stay? It’s not too late You can fight the snakes It is hard, but worth it You […]

OCD and Overthinking

“My anxieties have anxieties.”- Charlie Brown in There’s No Time for Love, Charlie Brown Have you ever felt like this? I feel like it is a common symptom of OCD. Since I have learned about intrusive thoughts I will overanalyze many thoughts I have. Was that an intrusive thought? Maybe I really wanted that thought. […]

It Gets Better

“On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was. It’s October 3rd.”- Mean Girls The other day when I realized it was October I was remembering last October and November when I was feeling so horrible. I think it was the hardest time in my life. I remember around Halloween I had seriously been […]

Having OCD is not fun. No one likes having OCD. OCD is not a love of cleaning. It is having scary intrusive thoughts and being afraid you might act on them. It is being afraid you will hurt someone. It is being afraid you will contaminate someone. It is being afraid you will cheat on […]