As today marks the start of #OCDAwarenessWeek I’m going to be blogging exclusively about this devastating and deeply misunderstood mental illness in an effort to educate and raise awareness. As many of you know, I have struggled with OCD for most of my life, particularly in my 20’s and 30’s. While I largely control it these days, it’s a dormant monster always waiting to pounce at the first sign of complacency or weakness.
Please show your support by liking, commenting on and reblogging posts.
If you too suffer from OCD, know someone who does or want to know more about the disorder then feel free to e mail me.
To those who have already done so, I apologise for the delay in responding. I’ll get caught up this week.
Black Thoughts 
It’s great you are talking about OCD. I’m so sick of only seeing the acronym used flippantly as “oh, I’m so OCD”, it really takes away the seriousness of it for the people who really have it.
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Thank you very much. I totally agree 🙂
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Fellow sufferer here. Will look forward to reading what’s shared this week. Ty for shining a light.
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You’re welcome Janine 🙂
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OCD is very serious! I didn’t realize there was an awareness week. Thanks for sharing 🌻🦋
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You’re welcome Diane 👍🏻
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I certainly have the thinking patterns and struggle with perfectionism. If I can’t do it perfectly, I won’t do it at all. Overwhelm is a huge part of that. I’ve not been diagnosed, but it’s been mentioned as a possibility by a psychiatrist.
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You should certainly explore that.
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I will share this on Facebook!
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Thank you Ruth 👍🏻
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Reblogging. Too important not to.
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Thank you Liz 🙂
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Reblogged this on Under my skin and commented:
You know how strongly I feel about being an advocate and support of people with mental health issues, and not just because of my own experiences.
Stephen is a great writer Have you read ‘Skelly’s Square’ yet, his first book? Brilliant! And deals with – you guessed it – OCD. If you haven’t read it – go on. And be a pal, and share the word about this condition that really is NOT funny.
Thanks!
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Thank you 😊
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It’s my pleasure. You are like my Blog brother, and i believe in what you write, and how you choose to write about it.
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Cooking Writer.
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Thank you 😊
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Welcome!
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My younger sister has OCD (she had it even as a child, though it wasn’t diagnosed until college), and it has had a huge negative impact on her life 😦 I appreciate you raising awareness and am looking forward to reading your posts this week.
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You’re very welcome. Thank you.
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Thank goodness someone is writing about it, talking about it and bringing awareness to people. Well done sir!
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You’re welcome madam 🙂
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