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Thoughts on Freedom of Various Kinds
I moved yesterday. All went quite well. I first moved into my old apartment in 2008, right as I started to write Lights All Around, my first novel. Those walls have seen so much, including complete and...
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Why Meds?
A blog reader emailed me and asked, “If you are okay with sharing this, could you tell me why you chose to stay on your medication after ERP?” My response: For me, meds are a chemical tool to slow my...
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OCD Q&A from JLS
Here are some OCD-related questions I’ve been asked by blog readers. As always, keep in mind that I’m not a doctor or a therapist, just an OCD survivor. (Note: I’ve been using the term “OCD survivor” a...
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Question & Dancer: OCD & Family, Romanticizing Mental Illness, and What to...
I’m an artist not an expert, one who is learning to embrace questions more than answers. These are some questions I got last month. Ask yours here. How do you explain OCD to your family? Especially...
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May the Free Make Others Free
Originally published on The Redeeming Things blog in September 2013. Edited only slightly here; note that where I talk about four years of freedom … it has now been nine. Amen. Last week, while...
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Question & Dancer: What is “Normal” with OCD?
I’m an artist not an expert, one who is learning to embrace questions more than answers. These are some questions I got last month. Ask yours here. My question is this.. I have hocd but whatever I do...
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Question & Dancer: When OCD Makes You Doubt You Have OCD [& More]
I’m an artist not an expert, one who is learning to embrace questions more than answers. These are some questions I got last month. Ask yours here. Is it normal to become hypersensitive to the looks...
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nOCD, an ERP App/Hero
If you’ve spent time around this blog, you know that I wrestled my life and freedom back from the clutches of obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2008. (Read more about my story at...
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Healed Not Cured: OCD Remission & Relapses
I got an email this past weekend from a lovely blog reader who has found victory over obsessive-compulsive disorder through exposure therapy. It’s such a joy any time someone shares a story of freedom,...
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“Help! My parents won’t believe me!”
I got this question just today: I’m a 12 year old girl and I have ocd but my mom doesn’t believe me I’ve emailed many people who study ocd and they have said that I have pure ocd so what do I do. This...
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