Obsessions of a Perfectionist

Fighting Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Residential Treatment

Ever since getting out of residential treatment at Rogers Behavioral Health in early January 2020, I’ve avoided writing about it. I was...

Am I Supposed to Like Kissing?

My experience dating with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) could be classified by some people as a train wreck. Between school...

School in Quarantine

Trigger warning: in this post I talk about suicide. If you are in a hard place please be careful if you choose to read it. To those of...

Scholarship Sabotage

Imagine getting something you don’t deserve. No one but you knows that you didn’t earn it, and you see people around you who are upset at...

Taking Up Resources

Being an environmentally conscientious person, I want to minimize my use of resources. Desiring to be eco-friendly isn’t a bad thing at...

Partial Hospitalization Program

When I went to Rogers Behavioral Health’s partial hospitalization program, I was not in a good place. My Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder...

The Checklist

Doing anything that isn’t school is a struggle. So much of my energy is spent fighting my Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) to not be...

Why I Am Deserving

I recently answered a scholarship application essay about why I deserve the scholarship, and my answer shows my growth over the last few...

Idolizing Teachers

For as long as I can remember, I’ve looked up to my teachers. I have yet to have a teacher I have disliked. While my learning style...

Receiving Treatment

Life has to be pretty rough to consider going to a residential treatment center for mental health. I had been at a partial...

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