“Take a breath. Remember your ERP training. Remember how far you’ve come, but also remember, you are human.“ It’s bedtime. I yawn, close my door, thankful that the days of dreading bedtime as if it were a trip to the dentist are behind me. Obsessive compulsive disorder always plagued me the worst at night. ItContinue reading “To ERP Is Human; to Forgive Divine”
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So Say We One, So Say We All
“If I don’t understand it, maybe I can listen and dialogue until I do, because ultimately, what affects one of us affects all of us.” Long before the phrase “So say we all” was made famous in Battlestar Galactica, it was a phrase used at the end of communal prayers in some spiritual circles. It’sContinue reading “So Say We One, So Say We All”
Closing the Four
“I want to close the four, take my pen and make one little mark, and I would, too, if I believed that would be the end of it, but it won’t. I’ve been here before…It’s not a number. It’s a trap.” What’s so powerful it could drag you into its lair with a little markContinue reading “Closing the Four”
Therapy’s End?
“What if it returned?…I didn’t think I should be running from that possibility anymore than an OCD sufferer should be running from an intrusive thought.” I was having a nice, relaxing evening until my young adult daughter walked into the living room and said this: “Dr. Yong thinks I can discontinue therapy now.” If thisContinue reading “Therapy’s End?”
Echoes of Traumas Past
“Then one day, the echo of sobs from months long past bounces back. We hear the sorrow, grief, loss, and pain, and it’s almost too much to revisit. My God, what do we do with this wayward emotion we thought long gone?“ If this is your first visit to my blog, welcome and let meContinue reading “Echoes of Traumas Past”
Harm OCD: You Are Not Alone 