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lives of the Cutting/anorexia

Well, this would be my first blog entry here, though it is most definately the first one about what I do. I know that this online thing is about prevention and stuff, and as I read through other posts, I realize how much stuff is really out there. How many of us there are. I don't have anorexia,...

Posted to alyb (Weblog) by alyb on 02-18-2008
PANDAS

By: Drs. Erich Storch and Jason Gallant While trying to come up with topics for the articles from experts, a woman saw my article in the local paper and e-mailed me. She suggested that, based on my background story, it was likely that my OCD was at least exacerbated by the 10 cases of strep throat I...

Posted to Features (Weblog) by Caitlin on 09-15-2007
Geometrics

I did this painting on an oversized door while in the middle of my worst bout of OCD two years ago. All angles are exactly 90 degrees (of course). I still love this painting, and it hangs in our family room, but I see now that I could have done almost the exact same painting in much, MUCH less time....

Posted to Caitlin (Gallery) by Caitlin on 09-15-2007
OCD

sign reads: I have OCD, so I must be a neat freak. A common misconception about OCD is that it is the 'neatness disease.' In actuality, many of us suffer from other symptoms (checking, arranging, washing, counting, mental rituals, etc.) in addition to or in place of being obsessively neat. ....

Posted to Caitlin (Gallery) by Caitlin on 09-10-2007
I have become

I have become something hard... something cruel.... something that I cannot even look at because it's not even me. I have become so isolated and so focused on one thing that I seem to have forgotten...one thing...and that is...me. I have become a perfectionist. Someone that wants everything a certain...

Posted to Gus C. (Weblog) by Gus C. on 09-09-2007
Just had to post this bit of OCD humor

Bathroom-Disinfectant Ad Reinforces Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder January 19, 2000 | Issue 36•01 WENATCHEE, WA–A TV commercial for Lysol Bathroom Disinfectant Spray sent OCD sufferer Janine Whittaker plunging even deeper into the disorder Monday. "Germs... germs everywhere," said Whittaker...

Posted to Caitlin (Weblog) by Caitlin on 09-07-2007
Perfection

This is a collage made to represent my struggles with OCD. If you view full, you'll see my "OCD" report cards and grades, as well as what some teachers have written about me. Basically, it's all "AMAZING STUDENT!" "A+" and "100%." Those of you who have...

Posted to Caitlin (Gallery) by Caitlin on 09-07-2007
My Daily Struggle

When you spend the vast majority of your life being one person, it's hard to adjust to life as another. To make a long story short, I've had OCD for 10 years, nine of which without treatment. I also dealt with panic disorder and anorexia nervosa. Life without treatment was unbearable. My peers...

Posted to Caitlin (Weblog) by Caitlin on 09-06-2007
Allie, 17

For as long as I can remember I've realized that I was different from all of my friends, after all, how many 11 year olds arranged everything they owned alphabetically and would become hysterical if something was out of place? I never did anything about it or had anyone comment on my mental state...

Posted to Stories That Started It All (Weblog) by Caitlin on 09-06-2007
Lee-Ann, 20, Surrey

Suffering from severe Anxiety, Depression, Panic Attacks, and mild OCD from the age of 14, I went into therapy and was taking anti-depressants. I wasn't at school for a year and had to return step by step. To begin with I was seeing Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists and Psychologists. They gave me...

Posted to Stories That Started It All (Weblog) by Caitlin on 09-06-2007

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