My fear of something bad happening to mum was ever present, so the rituals around that had to continue. Never feeling clean enough was also an on-going problem.As well as that, new problems and new intrusive thoughts presented themselves. ‘Contamination’ took on a whole new meaning. I had taken three years to complete my A-levels, not two, because I had […]
Part 1. First it was checking
21 May 2020
first it was checking to make sure I didn’t miss doing an important piece of homeworkthen it was checking, and terrifying fears of something bad happening to Mumthen it was checking, terrifying fears of something bad happening to Mum and ritualsI have to do in my head to make sure nothing bad happens to Mumthen it was checking, terrifying […]
This thing’s like a Chameleon
18 May 2020
From an OCD sufferer… It is such a cruel illness. I have a good spell. Find myself in a blissfully OCD- free zone. I dare to hope that maybe, just maybe, this time, I have ‘cracked it’. Beaten the OCD demon for good. After years of trying.Then – whack! It has morphed. I get hit […]
Singing in the Rain: 52 Practical Steps to Happiness
23 Apr 2019
By Rachel Kelly My new book – Singing in the Rain: 52 Practical Steps to Happiness – was prompted by my own experience of being seriously unwell with depression. I am recovered now, but it hasn’t always been like this. In my thirties, I suffered two major depressive episodes, an experience I wrote about in my first […]
Why OCD is miserable
15 Nov 2018
David Adam, editor at the science journal Nature and one of our scientific advisors wrote about his OCD in NRP in 2012.
Living with OCD
30 May 2017
Lily Bailey, UK model and writer shares her secret inner world in the Guardian. She answers 10 questions about the fourth most common mental illness, OCD.
Short BBC documentary on OCD
8 May 2017
Welsh Coronation Street actor Ian Puleston-Davies talks about his OCD, which he says is much misunderstood. He speaks to fellow sufferers, including a mother and daughter who have agreed to fixed cameras being installed in their home to show the extent to which OCD can take over people’s lives.
The D in OCD
18 Apr 2017
We are pleased to start our blog space with a guest blog from Dr. Jeff Szymanski CEO of the International OCD Foundation. This article first appeared on the IOCDF’s website. —– “You are so OCD!” is a fairly common phrase these days. When I hear someone use it — though I cringe a little inside — I rarely have […]