If you’ve suffered from OCD for a while, you probably know that themes change. Or maybe you’re new to your diagnosis and haven’t yet realized that the besieging thoughts you have about your relationship, your health, your sexuality, whatever they may be are just the many heads of the same monster. Well, they are, which …
We have all heard of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Most of us have at least a working knowledge of what people mean when they say they have OCD. We think of Adrian Monk counting toothbrush strokes or hear Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator, repeating the phrase “show me all the blueprints” over …
If you are reading this article, you are probably tired of the way this country has dealt with your mental health. Have you been shuffled from doctor to psychiatrist, and then told to go to CVS? If so, you are not alone. Recently, a federal jury In Cleveland found that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart were …
It’s helpful to think of taboo thoughts OCD as a preoccupation with the “worst case scenario” regarding identity. People who have a type of OCD primarily defined by intrusive taboo thoughts (harm OCD, incest OCD, pedophilia OCD, and Scrupulosity, and some types of Magical Thinking, to name a few) are usually fixated on the thought …
Understanding the White Whale of OCD: Taboo Sexual Thoughts and Groinal Response Read More »
Anyone who has ever read the novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky knows that there is no crime that goes unpunished. Dostoyevsky’s well-known novel is called Crime and Punishment. Our sense of justice tells us that wrongs ought to have retribution. But that’s not the way it always works, is it? Fast forward to 2022, where rising numbers …
Violence is Threatening the Mental Health of Philadelphia Residents Read More »
You wake up from a nightmare. Was it a dream? Your husband, spouse, or boyfriend is downstairs making coffee, at least you think so. You make the bed. You take a shower or a bath. The kids are still sleeping. It is the weekend. You go downstairs hoping for some peace and quiet, something you …
Grief can take many shapes and wear many hats. Life events, world events, personal problems and now, a war that is in Ukraine. How could Russia put the world in such a comprising position, especially after a pandemic that is still raging. People are still wearing masks, and some remain hesitant about going to the …
This letter is for anyone who has ever suffered from shame. I have been told that the main difference between shame and guilt is that guilt is feeling bad over something you may have done, while shame is the feeling that you, yourself are bad. Can anyone relate to feeling that you are bad? Sometimes, …
Letter To My Shame And Other Feelings I Have To Tolerate Read More »
Eating disorders are one of today’s most fatal illnesses prevalent among young girls and women. Social media such as Facebook and Instagram both create and promote the obsession over being thin, and significantly contribute to low self-esteem and body dysmorphia. Young girls have admitted to finding social media groups promoted on Instagram that teach girls …
Addiction in the Age of Eating Disorders and Sexual Fluidity Read More »