OCD
Mød manden, der håndterer sin OCD ved at tage billeder af alt, han gør
Andrea har tusindvis af billeder på sin telefon, der hjælper ham med at huske, at han har slukket for sit gaskomfur og låst døren
At leve med dysmorfofobi
Dysmorfofobi er en angstlidelse, hvor man oplever et forvrænget billede af, hvordan man ser ud.
The Unwilling Hardcore: How Video Games Helped Me Battle My OCD
Using video games to train those with OCD that risks can be adventure, and that you can't control everything save for how you react, is important.
Living with a Partner Who Has OCD Is Hell
Because of his OCD, my boyfriend won't touch anything he perceives as "dirty"—public door handles, chipped cups, even his own girlfriend.
Where Did My OCD Come From?
There's always been a big part of me that wanted to believe that OCD is genetic, that my mum's DNA – rather than her behaviour – gave me OCD. But I've realised that pointing the finger isn't that important when you want to get well.
Anxiety Disorders and the Great Escape Video Gaming Can Provide
I spoke to the developer Matt Gilgenbach, who channelled his own OCD into Neverending Nightmares.
Stop Pussyfooting Around My OCD
It's better to talk about mental illness and fuck-up than stay silent.
Perfectionism Is a Mental Illness and It's Ruining My Life
It's making me be bad at my job and awful to my girlfriend.
Bless This Mess
At 8 AM on a sunny Tuesday morning I am on my way to a crisis site on East End Avenue at 82nd Street. The call had come in an hour or so earlier. "I presume you're in good physical fitness," Ron Alford had warned me over the phone. Ron is the director...
Weather and Sleep
Those of you old enough to remember the 80s know that it was the decade in which everyone suddenly realized they were bisexual. In the 90s, we diagnosed ourselves as bipolar and prescribed ourselves cocaine. Then in the 2000s, we all suffered the mass...
Electric Independence
My part-time-MC/stylist roommate, Miss Matches, has OCD. We like to bring it up at parties and people usually laugh and talk shit, but if these same people were getting five calls a day asking if they left the oven/curling iron/candles on, they wouldn...