It’s been a while since I’ve been on here and it seems as if I’m always complaining about my life. In the last six months, I’ve been dealing with disability-based discrimination. I make no secret that I have OCD. It is rather severe and I am medicated to make it easier to deal with. […]
Continue ReadingI’ve only just begun but I’m already finding it difficult to complete the daily goal. Today’s goal was 92 pushups or similar exercises. I managed 46 squats and 20 modified pushups. I’ll be honest, I did better than I was expecting considering how many years it has been since I did a pushup. Maybe by […]
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I was doing an intake for a new therapist and was asked to describe my OCD. Here is what I told him. My OCD is like a room of TVs surrounding you. Each TV shows the same channel but someone else controls the channel and volume. The person who controls the TVs likes to scare […]
Continue ReadingAnyone who has spent time with me can tell I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It permeates every part of my life. While I am medicated for it and try my best to hide it, my OCD never fully goes away. I am aware that there is no cure for OCD and I will be fighting […]
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Just under a month after my work imploded, I was hired at a used bookstore. TLDR I love it. I love being around books and around people who love to read. Downside is that I read a lot of indie fiction and eBooks so I’m not as familiar with those in print. I feel especially […]
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Have you ever watched someone make a big mistake even after being warned that it was going to all go wrong? A trainwreck or car crash that you know is about to happen. You know that it’s going to be catastrophic but you just cannot look away. That has been going on at my work […]
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I gave up on sharing my writing awhile ago. I took my inner thoughts and shared them only to my journal. But even then I wouldn’t always write all that I was thinking. I allowed myself to hide from the outside world. I stopped posting on social media and I stopped talking to a lot […]
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