By Meg Pound, Content Team Contributor Mental illness is tough. Hugely difficult. One of the hardest parts of my days is getting up in the morning. The realisation that it is another day of battling compulsions and intrusive thoughts. I feel drained before I have gotten out of bed. It is the fear of the […]
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By OCD-UK It can feel like a complete minefield when it comes to supporting a loved one with OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). The first thing to remember is that you are not responsible for making them better or to fix the problem, that’s the job of your loved one as they work in collaboration with their therapist. You can be
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Megan Pound On the outside you see a girl with a huge smile on her face, striving to achieve all of her dreams and looking like she has it all together. If you looked inside her brain this would be a different story… She is battling a debilitating mental health illness called OCD, which stands
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Intrusive thoughts are repetitive, unwanted thoughts associated with anxiety
There are 5 categories of intrusive thoughts, each with their own issues
The two main ways of coping are grounding yourself and going to therapy
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OCD is not simply washing hands or checking. OCD is far more than that. It can be crippling and stop people from living the lives that they deserve. Attending work, having meaningful relationships (especially romantic relationships), even just having friends or pets, OCD can take over people’s lives. Children and young people can drop out
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A lot of the time No Panic and OCD-UK find people talking about ROCD (relationship OCD) or POCD (paedophile OCD) as if they were different to other types of OCD. The list in fact is endless – COCD (contamination or checking), SOCD (symmetry OCD)… the acronyms quickly become meaningless and divide the community. The fact
The first step is generally visiting your GP. We know how terrifying that is, how finally admitting to the daily torture is difficult – otherwise, OCD wouldn’t be known as the secret! Aware that a lot of people who are drawn in by OCD Awareness Week are those who believe that they have OCD but
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Ah, this is the one that really gets us. You hear it all the time – people claiming that they are a bit OCD about their clothes or because they always arrange their crisp packets according to colour. There’s one thing they’re forgetting about though… the D in OCD. Disorder. In order to get a
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By Robbie-Lee Valentine Too little too late The UK’s Mental Health Minister Nadine Dorries has announced plans to provide leading charities a share of a 5-million-pound support package. The grants form part of a new NHS strategy put in place to help individuals struggling with their mental health. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
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