Childhood
Being a Child with OCD, Part 2: The Middle
Getting diagnosed with OCD as a young child can feel extremely isolating. Diagnosed at just 8 years old in the early 90s, not many people understood OCD. Between teachers who didn’t (and wouldn’t) help me, and therapists who sometimes felt like they were grasping at straws, it was a real
Being a Child with OCD, Part 1: The Beginning
It seemingly started overnight. I must have been 7 years old, and although I don’t remember everything from the very beginning, I remember enough. It’s been 29 years since my symptoms first appeared, and I’ve learned a lot over the years. I know I had anxiety even before the OCD