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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Improving treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | OCD-UK
Improving treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | OCD-UK. May be worth a look if you are an OCD sufferer in the UK and would be willing to trial a new treatment. Conducted at the University of Reading and recommended by … Continue reading
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Mental Illness – Seeing The Funny Side Part 1
Of all people, I don’t need to be reminded how serious mental illness is. With life-long experience of OCD and severe anxiety problems, I would never trivialize the impact it can have on the quality of life of the suffer … Continue reading
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To Disappear Inside Your Own Mind
When in an extreme state of anxiety, it is possible to experience a sense of detachment from one’s own body. This is especially common during panic attacks and can be terrifying.
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Still Hiding Behind My Mental Illness
It occurred to me that readers of this blog could accuse me of being a hypocrite. After declaring I was ready to face the world and ‘fess-up’ to my OCD and anxiety problems, I immediately created an anonymous online persona. … Continue reading
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The Other OCD – A Resource Guide for Purely Obessional OCD (Pure-O)
The Other OCD – A Resource Guide for Purely Obessional OCD (Pure-O) – A Less-Understood Form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
BBC – Health: Nervous breakdown
BBC – Health: Nervous breakdown.
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The Little Girl Who Worried Too Much
In January 2010 I attempted a writing exercise in which you had to capture the essence of your life story in the form of a short fairy tale starting Once upon a time… This is what I wrote: ‘Once upon … Continue reading
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Welcome to Obsessively Normal
Hello from a very ordinary, middle-aged, middle-class woman living in middle-England who has concealed a guilty secret… All my life I have struggled to cope with a form of OCD and other related anxiety issues. Determined to help myself, I … Continue reading
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