One of the toughest things about OCD-related anxiety is how powerful it can feel in that exact moment you are in. You feel like you have to attend to or solve the "problem" immediately. And the especially tough part of OCD is that attending to or trying to solve the problem actually makes the OCD... Continue Reading →
The following is a story I wrote about sending emails, a mundane task, but one of my tougher work struggles. It touches on the topic of exposure therapy, which I will discuss more in-depth in a later blog post. Hopefully, it will resonate with some readers who are in the middle of their battle with... Continue Reading →
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a pretty common term in our society and often people without OCD will describe their actions, such as keeping a home neat and tidy or lining books perfectly up on a shelf, as OCD. And while this practice may bother some people with OCD, I see nothing inherently wrong with... Continue Reading →
Hello, my name is Nic, and I started this blog in order to provide a resource for people, especially working professionals, who are struggling with OCD. Growing up, I had mild OCD, which primarily manifested in the form of washing my hands a certain number of times or setting an unnecessary amount of alarms in... Continue Reading →
Obsessive Compulsive Deprecation: Living with OCD at Work 