My last post was about how to help me and what to say so I thought there should also be a post about things NOT to say to someone who is struggling with a mental illness. So many people want to help me but aren't exactly sure how...so instead they chat away and tell me about what helped their "Great-Aunts-Cousins'-Sister-in-law" when they were depressed 25 years ago...I'm sorry, but what helped you or your friend may not work for me, and quite honestly, I don't really want to hear about it. Here are some examples of what NOT to say to someone struggling with an mental illness:
DON'T SAY:
Have you tried....(I get this one a lot)
Do you have any unresolved sin in your life?
There's always someone worse off than you
No one said life was fair
Don't feel sorry for yourself
Everyone gets depressed
Get over it
Just think positive
It's your own fault
Believe me, i know how it feels. I was depressed once (for several days) and I just ___ and then I was fine!
Snap out of it
You have so many things to be thankful for, how can you be depressed?
You’d feel better if you got off all those pills
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger
Go out and have some fun
I know how you feel
All of these statements show that you don't know what your talking about. Most people don't understand....and that's really ok! I would prefer it to be awkwardly quiet than hear one of these phrases. Try inserting some of these
Hey, diabetic, you'd feel better if you came off those meds.
Hey, paraplegic, so you can't use your legs, we create our own reality.
Hey, person who has MS, I know how you feel.
You get the idea. These sound completely unreasonable, and it’s no more reasonable to say to someone struggling with mental illness
I do understand that people don’t know they are being hurtful. People are trying to help. I get it. But here’s the thing, my illness is just as real as anyone else’s. Please stop forcing me to convince you.
And a Personal Update:
I've been back in the hospital for the past 3 months. We are waiting to get an OCD assessment in Toronto to see if they can offer me the OCD treatment that I need and I'm also meeting with a research team. If they decide that they can't help me there than we will start filling out info to head to Boston's OCD program. Please pray that we can have the assessment soon so I can finally get good treatment that I desperately need!
Saturday 25 October 2014
Saturday 18 October 2014
REPOST: Dear Hurting Friend (Saturday, 22 February 2014)
To my dear hurting friend,
Are you struggling? Are you worn out and tired? Do you feel like you are about to give up? Then hold on! Be strong! Hope is coming for you! If you have made it this far than you are a fighter!
I know what it feels like to think you're drowning and believe you're not going to make it to the other side of your mountain. I know what it feels like to reach your breaking point. You say you "can't do this anymore." You feel as if life is too much for you to handle and you would rather just die so you can be with Jesus. You feel like your life is out of control. You think you've gone too far. You've even convinced yourself that God could never love you. I've been there...actually I'm still recovering from that place. I know you will struggle to believe these next words but I promise you, with all I have in me, that these are all words of truth!
It's a daily battle for me to believe the things I know to be true. Somedays I win; somedays I loose, but thank God the final battle has already been won! We have victory in Christ! One day (in God's timing) Christ will bring us to the place where he will wipe every tear from our eyes. There will be no more pain, sorrow, crying, or death. What a wonderful truth!
This trial that you're going through is not the last word! God has written the final chapter and it is about fulfillment and eternal joy for those who love him. Eternity with God will be more amazing than we could ever imagine! Hearing about how awesome heaven will be makes me feel so impatient...I long to be "home" with Jesus NOW...but that is not His plan. God's plan and God's timing are perfect. He has a purpose for you-an amazing plan that ONLY YOU could fulfill-before he calls you home.
"He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be My son[daughter]." ~Revelation 21:7
The people who overcome "stand firm to the end." Following Christ requires boldness and bravery to stand for him through these difficult trials. Yes, He is carrying us (especially when we don't "feel" him) but we must do our part to walk with Christ with all the strength we can muster up. THEN, on the days we are too weak we must cling to His promises with every last ounce of strength we can find. On our darkest days when we barely have the strength to call out his name we can merely whisper his name and He will hear us. Sooner or later life turns upside down for everyone. When life gets hard the road to recovery may not be painless. It may not be quick but God is going to use this struggle for good...trust Him.
Your friend, Summer
Friday 17 October 2014
REPOST: Not That Different (Tuesday, 29 April 2014)
Hello, my name is summer. I am 19 years old. I have blonde hair. I have a great family. I love art and I have a mental illness.
It's hard for me to separate who I am from my illness so I'm sure it must be extremely difficult for other people to separate. Some people almost take a step back from someone who has a mental illness. Maybe it's because they "don't understand it", they think they "can't relate to it" or maybe it's because they can't separate the person who has the illness from the illness itself. I think we do this because we can't physically see mental illnesses; it's not like having a broken leg which we can clearly see and understand.
The funny thing is we can all relate to it! How many times have you imagined a really bad senario in your head about something-a test, a meeting, or a date? You pictured the worst and got in a panic about it then it actually turned out fine. How many times have you been so down that you just wanted to stay in bed all day? How many times have you gotten worried because you couldn't remember if you actually locked the door? We all go through these experiences...just some of us go through them daily. If we look at the stigmas attached to mental illness, we see that we can all relate to them. They're not so scary and weird now, are they?
But what about the people who have these experiences everyday? What about the people who can't live their lives because of them? Why can't they just stop worrying about things? Why can't they just find some motivation? Why do some people have these experiences everyday while others can just dismiss them?
It's because having these experiences to the extreme is an illness. There is a neurochemical imbalance that makes it nearly impossible for these people to prevent these experiences. These people cannot "just get over it" on their own because they have no control over them.
We are not all that different from each other.
Thursday 16 October 2014
REPOST: I HAVE OCD...SO NOW WHAT? (Saturday, 9 November 2013)
Saturday, 9 November 2013In my last post I talked about all the distressing thoughts that OCD puts in my mind and about he type of OCD I have (harm OCD) but it can be treated! I may always struggle with some aspects of OCD and depression BUT it will be manageable. I am fighting super-hard with homework from my group so that someday I will be able to live a normal life that is not controlled by OCD.
In my last post I talked about all the distressing thoughts that OCD puts in my mind and about he type of OCD I have (harm OCD) but it can be treated! I may always struggle with some aspects of OCD and depression BUT it will be manageable. I am fighting super-hard with homework from my group so that someday I will be able to live a normal life that is not controlled by OCD.
OCD makes up all these “rules” that become mental compulsions. (If a person has contamination obsessions, they compulsively wash their hands as a reaction to the contamination thought.) In reaction to my violent obsessions I repeatedly count by 3’s up to 33 to neutralize the thoughts, distract myself, or suppress the thoughts. Also, in reaction to my thoughts I have given the colour red ‘special power.’ I avoid the colour red as often as possible-I don‘t look at it and I don’t touch or use-anything red because I am afraid that the colour will make me lose control. I also have‘superstitious compulsions.’ I am afraid that stepping on vertical lines will make me loose control and make me act on one of my thoughts. I know that these things are ridiculous! But at the same time, I just cannot bring myself to do (or not do) these silly actions. That’s Just how OCD works.
My treatment for OCD involves medication to help with the strong anxiety (& depression) and alsocognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a way of re-training my brain and body. The compulsions are so strongly engraved in my mind that they are just automatic! Sometimes I don’t even realize I am counting!
On Tuesdays my CBT group learns about OCD and the cognitive part of therapy. The cognitive part of therapy focuses on the mind and the thought processes. On Fridays my CBT group does“exposures” which focus on challenging behaviours. When I say “exposures” I mean exposing myself to the things I am really afraid of or exposing myself to the extremely high anxiety that comes from not doing a compulsion. Now, that Is the really hard part because it‘s the exact opposite of what OCD is telling me to do! (And may I add… OCD is preeeetty convincing…)
For example, I have a fear of my thoughts and feel that the colour red will make me lose control and act on my thoughts. That is why I don’t look at red, touch red, and or wear red…and certainly not do any of these things while having terrible thoughts. So, to help get rid of that fear I need to expose myself to both red & my thoughts.
We start out with "easy" [quotations because it's not really easy at all...just the most 'do-able'] exposures-things that cause me anxiety but not so much anxiety that I wouldn‘t be able to sit with it. Then we build on it.
1. My first exposure was just to simply write down my thoughts-even though that felt like it was making these disgusting, horrible, images and thoughts even more real.
2. My second exposure was to look at something red for a while and allow my thoughts to come.
I began by looking just as long as long as I could stand the anxiety. Then, as I pushed myself, I could look at red for longer periods of time . It seems like a simple task but It caused me so much anxiety!
3. Then I wrote my thoughts in red. And eventually posted them on my wall (DEFINITELY not something I wanted hanging there-but that way I could be exposing my self even more to the thoughts).
4. For my fourth exposure I started to wear red shoes AND allow my thoughts to just come rather than pushing them away, fighting them, or distracting myself with counting.
5. THEN… I BOUGHT A RED SWEATER TO WEAR! (Around the house)
6. This week I am starting to wear red
Right Now: sometimes I can look at red things without even thinking about it!! Other times I am still able to easily challenge myself when | automatically look away. I catch myself looking away and I can say to myself,
When I started wearing red my anxiety level would stay between 80/100-100/100.
Right Now: wearing my red shoes while there is no “dangerous” situations my distress level is only 20/100 and wearing the red sweater while I’m at home with no “dangerous” situations my distress can sit at just 50/100! {Just 2 weeks ago the lowest it would go is 70/100 after sitting for several hours with 85-95/100}.
I get so easily discouraged when I think about how far I still need to go to be in control of ODC but I really need to keep it in perspective. I have been living with ODC for 12 years and I have only been in this group for 9 weeks.
So how do I recover from OCD?
My treatment for OCD involves medication to help with the strong anxiety (& depression) and alsocognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a way of re-training my brain and body. The compulsions are so strongly engraved in my mind that they are just automatic! Sometimes I don’t even realize I am counting!
On Tuesdays my CBT group learns about OCD and the cognitive part of therapy. The cognitive part of therapy focuses on the mind and the thought processes. On Fridays my CBT group does“exposures” which focus on challenging behaviours. When I say “exposures” I mean exposing myself to the things I am really afraid of or exposing myself to the extremely high anxiety that comes from not doing a compulsion. Now, that Is the really hard part because it‘s the exact opposite of what OCD is telling me to do! (And may I add… OCD is preeeetty convincing…)
For example, I have a fear of my thoughts and feel that the colour red will make me lose control and act on my thoughts. That is why I don’t look at red, touch red, and or wear red…and certainly not do any of these things while having terrible thoughts. So, to help get rid of that fear I need to expose myself to both red & my thoughts.
We start out with "easy" [quotations because it's not really easy at all...just the most 'do-able'] exposures-things that cause me anxiety but not so much anxiety that I wouldn‘t be able to sit with it. Then we build on it.
1. My first exposure was just to simply write down my thoughts-even though that felt like it was making these disgusting, horrible, images and thoughts even more real.
2. My second exposure was to look at something red for a while and allow my thoughts to come.
{Allowing my thoughts to just be there instead of pushing them away, fighting them, or distracting myself has turned out to be the most difficult peice of all the exposures}.
I began by looking just as long as long as I could stand the anxiety. Then, as I pushed myself, I could look at red for longer periods of time . It seems like a simple task but It caused me so much anxiety!
3. Then I wrote my thoughts in red. And eventually posted them on my wall (DEFINITELY not something I wanted hanging there-but that way I could be exposing my self even more to the thoughts).
4. For my fourth exposure I started to wear red shoes AND allow my thoughts to just come rather than pushing them away, fighting them, or distracting myself with counting.
5. THEN… I BOUGHT A RED SWEATER TO WEAR! (Around the house)
6. This week I am starting to wear red
A L L. T H E. T I M E.
“Hey, It’s just a colour. I CAN look at it. Nothing bad is going to happen.”
Then I force myself to look at it.When I started wearing red my anxiety level would stay between 80/100-100/100.
Right Now: wearing my red shoes while there is no “dangerous” situations my distress level is only 20/100 and wearing the red sweater while I’m at home with no “dangerous” situations my distress can sit at just 50/100! {Just 2 weeks ago the lowest it would go is 70/100 after sitting for several hours with 85-95/100}.
I get so easily discouraged when I think about how far I still need to go to be in control of ODC but I really need to keep it in perspective. I have been living with ODC for 12 years and I have only been in this group for 9 weeks.
These 9 weeks are the only time in the 12 years that there has been improvement!*
Before this group started I would have said that ALL of the exposures I have now done were completely impossible but praise the Lord I’ve make it this far and that Never Once have I ever walked alone.
Wednesday 15 October 2014
REPOST: Don't Fit the Bill (Monday, 7 October 2013)
“If I tell people…that makes me different …and not different in a cool way…but different in a oh-oh-mental-alert kind of way.” -My brain
It’s okay to admit you’re ‘crazy’ When you do something that’s a little different… but admitting that you have a mental health issue is completely different. Its not cool to admit that you get overly anxious about things that are everyday life for most people. My mental health issues make me feel ’crazy’ but I realize that there’s no hope to ending the mental health stigma if I’m not prepared to talk openly about my own experience.
I’m sure that most of us who have struggled with mental health issues want to end the stigma surrounding it but no one wants to be the first to stand up and admit that not everything is peachy-perfect in their life. It is difficult for me to share about the times I lose hope, because of the pressures and anxiety that OCD and depression cause. Common assumptions about OCD make it even harder to explain my OCD I because I feel like I ‘don’t fit the bill.’
OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder) is often stereo-typed but not actually well understood by the majority of people, so there are worries about the judgements people will make out of ignorance. For example, I imagine that unless someone asks me directly about my OCD, they would assume I frequently wash my hands and check that the door is locked. Don’t get me wrong: these are common and destructive forms of OCD too, however, I do not struggle with these particular compulsions. Its scary and distressing for me to explain what goes on inside my head.
My OCD is different from the stereotypical obsessions and compulsions. I don’t frequently wash my hands, check that the stove is off or that the doors are locked, and I’m not a ’neat freak.’ I obsess that I am going to violently hurt somebody. I constantly live in a state of fear that I will loose control and act on these thoughts.
The never-ending torment these thoughts cause in my mind is too much to cope with; the anxiety caused is unbearable. My mind never stops running; I never have a second of real rest. Sometimes I even get so overwhelmed by my thoughts that the only way I think I can protect others from myself is to kill myself. Now, I do NOT want to die, I just feel as though if I hurt myself before I hurt someone else then everyone around me will be safe. I am so embarrassed about having these awful thoughts. They make me feel like I’m a murderer…a terrible person…disgusting…worthless…alone.
These thoughts are both physically and emotionally DRAINING. I’m not sure I will make it through…but thankfully God has a plan. God is going to give me the extra strength when I need it…and when I have absolutely NONE left he will carry me through. When I’m ready to give up in the middle of one of my therapy sessions: God is right beside me cheering me on even when-especially when-I don’t feel it. I’m learning not to trust how I feel because OCD and Satan give us wrong ‘feelings’ the signals get mixed up and we end up back at the bottom. We have God on our side fighting the battle that he’s already won for us!
“Where do these thoughts even come from!? Christians can’t think these things! That thought is a sin! Now you’ve thought about stabbing someone…you’re going to do it! People say you won’t act on these thoughts but you will! You must count to distract yourself from these thoughts.
Never think about that again.” -My brain.
The never-ending torment these thoughts cause in my mind is too much to cope with; the anxiety caused is unbearable. My mind never stops running; I never have a second of real rest. Sometimes I even get so overwhelmed by my thoughts that the only way I think I can protect others from myself is to kill myself. Now, I do NOT want to die, I just feel as though if I hurt myself before I hurt someone else then everyone around me will be safe. I am so embarrassed about having these awful thoughts. They make me feel like I’m a murderer…a terrible person…disgusting…worthless…alone.
“For you created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mothers womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.” -Psalm 139:13-14
“Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” -Jesus
God is hearing every single prayer and he will heal me in his timing-whatever form healing may come in. I know it’s going to take many months of hard work but I can already see some small improvements. I know Gods hand in in this journey and he will carry me through it.
Tuesday 14 October 2014
REPOST: The Secret Battles (Monday, 7 October 2013)
This topic can stir up a lot of different emotions. Some people may laugh but others may be able to relate. I hope I can help some people to gain a new understanding of this topic. This topic is mental illness (MI). As I write this I am currently still struggling with my mental illness (OCD-depression-anxiety-non-epileptic seizures…how ever you want to label it), however, I want to be able to use my struggle to encourage other people who may be dealing with something similar and help my family and friends understand what I’m going through. That is why I have decided to get back into blogging.
Being a Christian certainly does not make us immune to MI, but Christians may be less likely to admit to struggling mentally. /some Christians can be very uptight about these kinds of things. “We can’t possibly have depression because we have Jesus as our savior!” I have even read that Christians ought not be depressed because it is a bad witness to the gospel, but lets face it…we all struggle from time to time!
Medical professionals now recognize MI’s as ILLNESSES. Now, I definitely agree with this, but I also believe that Satan is allowed to test us too. Even some of the greatest men in the bible had fears and struggles! I believe that Job, David, Paul, and even Jonah were depressed at some point. The psalms are full of David’s struggles-but also full of encouragement and help! (For example, refer to previous post for Psalm 13)
Over the past year I have experienced fears and emotions like never before. Sometimes, I just want to run away and hide…but I know that wont help me move forward and wont help me in the long run.
I’ve always viewed myself as an “in control” person. No matter what life threw at me I appeared to take it in stride, even though for 11 years I also delt with very scary tormenting thoughts. They were way too scary and “crazy” to talk to anyone about. So, for 11 years I never spoke of them…I never even wrote about them!
Then, in November 2012 I began to have non-epileptic seizures-a result of stress and anxiety. No body else could see any signs of stress or anxiety in my life…not even my councillor. I kept these thoughts to locked up inside that I couldn’t even bring myself to even think about disclosing my thoughts to anyone. So I continued to struggle with these seizures with ‘no real cause’ until June 2013.
On thst day I was feeling like I was totally ready to give up. My crazy thoughts running through my head were getting to be way too much. At the same time my mother was really digging to find the cause of my anxiety. So then, at our kitchen table, I began to spill out all my secrets that had been eating away at my soul for 11 years.
Opening up about my secrets provided me with some relief….but it also created so much more anxiety. I began to fear, now that everyone knew my thoughts, that people would judge me based on my thoughts. Although I still struggle to believe it, I have since learned that this is not the truth. My family and friends still loved me with my crazy intrusive thoughts.
Even with the OCD diagnosis and feeling accepted and supported…for some reason my thoughts and compulsions still spiralled out of control. Even with medication to help, I became so distressed over my near-constant intrusive thoughts that I began to have suicidal thoughts and did self harm as “disciplinary” acts. These were things I had no control over…and still have no control over. I’m still struggling and even writing this from my bed in the mental health unit of the hospital. I’m still severely distressed by my thoughts. I’m hurting and this journey is quite literally a fight for my life.
I want to encourage anyone who may be dealing with any kind of MI or anyone who is just feeling a little down: this will NOT be forever and your fighting here on earth is not going unnoticed. God seed you hurting right now and he can give you hope and comfort if you allow him. He will give you the strength you need for each moment. 1 in every 4 people deal with a MI…so you are NOT ALONE in this battle. There is medical help for MI’s with medications and treatment which can work well (especially when aided with scripture and lessons the Lord teaches you!)
Have you ever heard the saying “You travel in the direction you’re looking”? I completely agree with this, that if you are continually looking down you will travel in that direction…but doing the opposite is easier said than done. There are times when no matter how hard I try focusing on scriptures or singing worship/praise to the Lord, that the darkness continues to consume me; suffocating me. These are the moments I believe the Lord uses the people around you to carry you. I am so fortunate to have such loving and supportive family and friends who are there for me when I need them, who I know will pray for me, and be available for me to text/call when I need to.
We all have times when we need the support of others and it’s important to have safe places to go when it all gets too much.
One thing I know for sure: even in the midst of this darkness, the Lord is here with me. It’s only when I have these moments of clarity that I can see this.
Hold on to Gods promises. Keep looking up and keep going, I am.
Being a Christian certainly does not make us immune to MI, but Christians may be less likely to admit to struggling mentally. /some Christians can be very uptight about these kinds of things. “We can’t possibly have depression because we have Jesus as our savior!” I have even read that Christians ought not be depressed because it is a bad witness to the gospel, but lets face it…we all struggle from time to time!
Medical professionals now recognize MI’s as ILLNESSES. Now, I definitely agree with this, but I also believe that Satan is allowed to test us too. Even some of the greatest men in the bible had fears and struggles! I believe that Job, David, Paul, and even Jonah were depressed at some point. The psalms are full of David’s struggles-but also full of encouragement and help! (For example, refer to previous post for Psalm 13)
Over the past year I have experienced fears and emotions like never before. Sometimes, I just want to run away and hide…but I know that wont help me move forward and wont help me in the long run.
I’ve always viewed myself as an “in control” person. No matter what life threw at me I appeared to take it in stride, even though for 11 years I also delt with very scary tormenting thoughts. They were way too scary and “crazy” to talk to anyone about. So, for 11 years I never spoke of them…I never even wrote about them!
Then, in November 2012 I began to have non-epileptic seizures-a result of stress and anxiety. No body else could see any signs of stress or anxiety in my life…not even my councillor. I kept these thoughts to locked up inside that I couldn’t even bring myself to even think about disclosing my thoughts to anyone. So I continued to struggle with these seizures with ‘no real cause’ until June 2013.
On thst day I was feeling like I was totally ready to give up. My crazy thoughts running through my head were getting to be way too much. At the same time my mother was really digging to find the cause of my anxiety. So then, at our kitchen table, I began to spill out all my secrets that had been eating away at my soul for 11 years.
Opening up about my secrets provided me with some relief….but it also created so much more anxiety. I began to fear, now that everyone knew my thoughts, that people would judge me based on my thoughts. Although I still struggle to believe it, I have since learned that this is not the truth. My family and friends still loved me with my crazy intrusive thoughts.
Even with the OCD diagnosis and feeling accepted and supported…for some reason my thoughts and compulsions still spiralled out of control. Even with medication to help, I became so distressed over my near-constant intrusive thoughts that I began to have suicidal thoughts and did self harm as “disciplinary” acts. These were things I had no control over…and still have no control over. I’m still struggling and even writing this from my bed in the mental health unit of the hospital. I’m still severely distressed by my thoughts. I’m hurting and this journey is quite literally a fight for my life.
I want to encourage anyone who may be dealing with any kind of MI or anyone who is just feeling a little down: this will NOT be forever and your fighting here on earth is not going unnoticed. God seed you hurting right now and he can give you hope and comfort if you allow him. He will give you the strength you need for each moment. 1 in every 4 people deal with a MI…so you are NOT ALONE in this battle. There is medical help for MI’s with medications and treatment which can work well (especially when aided with scripture and lessons the Lord teaches you!)
Have you ever heard the saying “You travel in the direction you’re looking”? I completely agree with this, that if you are continually looking down you will travel in that direction…but doing the opposite is easier said than done. There are times when no matter how hard I try focusing on scriptures or singing worship/praise to the Lord, that the darkness continues to consume me; suffocating me. These are the moments I believe the Lord uses the people around you to carry you. I am so fortunate to have such loving and supportive family and friends who are there for me when I need them, who I know will pray for me, and be available for me to text/call when I need to.
We all have times when we need the support of others and it’s important to have safe places to go when it all gets too much.
One thing I know for sure: even in the midst of this darkness, the Lord is here with me. It’s only when I have these moments of clarity that I can see this.
Hold on to Gods promises. Keep looking up and keep going, I am.
Monday 13 October 2014
Fall Update 2014
There is so much going on in my life that I don’t even know where to begin this update. I’ve been back in the hospital for just over 2 months now because I needed some help learning to manage my dissociative episodes(times where it’s as if I'm running on auto pilot-and not thinking clearly). I've learned some tricks and skills that I have been using to help me to manage these episodes. So the episodes have gotten somewhat better but I still can’t catch EVERY episode before it gets too severe. Like thursday, for example, I went outside to go for a short walk (by myself) like I had been doing frequently throughout the past few days. I thought everything was going smoothly but then all of a sudden I was on the train tracks in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no recollection of how I got there! I called my mom in a panic and after a little while we did some apple technology stuff that helped the police find where I was! I know so many of my friends and family were praying and helping search for me…so thank you all so much, our prayers are being heard.
I also got my service dog, Zoë, in May! She has been wonderful!! She is learning so much (still lots of training to go though…)Not only is she incredibly smart…she’s also incredibly adorable and I just love her to pieces. Welcome to Team Schyff, Zoë!
Treatment-wise we are waiting to go to Toronto to meet with an OCD treatment team. This team will evaluate my OCD symptoms and decide if they think they would be able to help me there or if a hospital like Boston would be better suited to my needs.
THIS WEEK IS OCD AWARENESS WEEK!! each day I will be re-posting older posts that are more informative on OCD, Share these posts with all your friends and family!!
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