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
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, 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...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD
In the last post, I talked about how you can’t just sit still and hope that depression and anxiety goes away but rather you have to get up and do something about it. Depending on the severity of the mental illness those steps will vary, but the step of love is...
by starguideswil1 | Jun 28, 2023 | OCD, Strengthen Teens, Teen Therapy, Therapy, Tips to help troubled youth, Uncategorized
When I was 17 or 18 I was having a rough month in my OCD thoughts so I scheduled an appointment with my therapist who I had not seen in years. When I went into his office we talked and caught up and he asked me what was going on inside my head. I told him all that I...
