ocdawareness – Snuggles and Struggles

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. […]

Love Your Neighbor AS YOURSELF

I have struggled with low self-esteem from a young age. When I got older I started to think it was selfish to love myself. I am supposed to love everyone else. I want to help everyone. I’m sure if you’ve read my blog or if you know me that you know I still want to […]

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 […]

Family, Fun, and Memories

We recently went on vacation to Minnesota with my family. We had a lot of fun even though I got confused about which day we were leaving and accidentally booked an extra day (Maybe this is why Dan normally books our vacations). It was cool to see some of my dad’s side of the family. […]