On the other side of mental health

I remember starting therapy over 2 years ago for severe anxiety and depression, but more specifically with a life-altering diagnosis of OCD. As she reviewed the physiology of OCD and the treatment plan with me, I sat there and asked, shocked at the possibility, "So what do I do and what will I think about …

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Just Be

If things are meant to work out, something will make you hold on. Something will keep your gut speaking that language, your heart singing that tune, and your mind always coming back to the idea. You might not know the reason now, but something will show you the way. Could be tomorrow, could be next …

Love

Inspired by the pain of depression and the diagnosis of OCD during a relationship I still carry with me. One thing I need you to know which is 100% true, Is my anxiety struck me so hard because of how much I love you. Terrified of that strong of a feeling I had never felt …

Belief in Fate

If you want love, you gon' have to go through the pain If you want love, you gon' have to learn how to change If you want trust, you gon' have to give some away If you want love, if you want love "If you want love," NF They say what's meant to be will …

Longing Stays Safe

A pang of longing. True desires. Dreams. Visions. Wishes. Hopes. It lingers and sits there idle no matter if I am with friends at work, or traveling. There it is. I see it. I feel it. I think, hope, dream, wonder. Nothing and no one I am with feels as important. My thoughts are shifted …

Signs

  So recently, I got an interesting, oddly fitting and encouraging horoscope : "with arms open, heart to the sky, announce to the world that you are ready and willing to accept the next thing in store." In order to do this in a quiet and serene place, I went to my local hiking spot …

Public Cries

   

Love, Simon

I just saw the movie Love, Simon and besides it being a great movie with a lot of feels attached to it and a lot of messages in it, a few things came out of it for me. 1. "Sometimes I feel like I’m always on the outside, there’s this invisible line that I have to …

What are Your Dreams?

  Whatever your dreams are, don't give them up. Don't say they can't happen, don't say it's too late, don't say it's too hard. Nothing is ever too late if it means enough to you. Nothing is ever too hard if you believe and work hard. It is so easy to feel impatient and to …

Quality of Love

A friend of mine asked her therapist, "What makes you continue to work with people with OCD. Doesn't it get exhausting?" "You know why, because these people are some of the most loving, caring, and genuine people I have ever met," she said. "And that's why these experiences are so painful to them." I have heard …