Obsessions of a Perfectionist

Ever since getting out of residential treatment at Rogers Behavioral Health in early January 2020, I’ve avoided writing about it. I was there for two months, getting the help I needed for my OCD. It was both the best and worst time of my life. I was challenging my OCD’s core fears, and I also connected with the other people who were there on a deeper level. I avoided writing about it because it was so impactful, I know words won’t be able to fully describe it. When I first go

My experience dating with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) could be classified by some people as a train wreck. Between school compulsions taking up my time, I also have relationship-oriented fears that add a whole new level of complications to dating. It has most definitely made for some interesting (and funny) experiences. During high school, I had some “relationships”, but due to the severity of my OCD I wasn’t doing much except school and had a hard time touching other

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 you contemplating suicide- please get help, do whatever you have to do in order to get help. I care about you and want you to live. When the pandemic started I had been back at school for around two months. Recently out of residential treatment at Rogers Behavioral Health, I was finally getting started with my life again. I was doing all sorts