by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD, Strengthen Teens
There is an amazing beauty about being able to empathize with others. Why? Because we like to know that those whom we look up to are human as well. When others are vulnerable with us, we become vulnerable to them which allows us to be more open to listen to their...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD
If you are just starting this series on this post, please be sure to check out any previous articles in this series. Hope. Probably one of the most powerful feelings we have as human beings. Hope is what keeps us going from today to tomorrow. It keeps dreams alive. It...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD
You have heard the corny phrase that time is the best healer? Well… it’s the truest sentence that has ever been uttered from human lips. From personal experience, it has been true with breakups, with failed tests, with the loss of a sports game and, yes, even with...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD
The OCD I struggle with is I have a hard time believing I am a good person. It is difficult to explain and put into words and it wouldn’t do any good to go into detail, but I often feel like I am worse than what I really am. The feeling of worthlessness and constant...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD, Therapy, Uncategorized
Being one who constantly deals with OCD thoughts, I am pained when I hear people say in casual conversation that one can just snap out of mentally ill thoughts – as if the person enjoys drowning in their irrational thoughts and can just jump out of those thoughts...