Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Charlotte CIn my experience, schools may struggle to understand and to recognise OCD. Before I started CBT in late 2019, my OCD had been particularly bad in a school setting and took a real …
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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy RachelOCD does not leave me as I walk through the school gates, it sits next to me in the classroom and walks beside me in the corridor. In exams it scribbles thoughts into my …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Lucy Education is one of many things that OCD can make more challenging, but it’s such a huge part of a lot of people’s lives that it is, at least for me, a lot …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & StigmaBy RachelWhen I’d tell people in school that I had OCD they’d move my pen and ask how it made me feel. Or they’d put a red pencil in a pot full of blue ones …
Lived Experience VideoMia talks OCD with Tom RosenthalOCDUKYA Mia talks OCD with actor and comedian, Tom Rosenthal.Mia In April, OCD-UK Young Ambassador Mia was joined by OCD-UK’s Ashley Fulwood and Zoe Wilson as they interviewed Tom Rosenthal about his OCD …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Emily Lack of education in OCD creates stigma. Most people my age think that OCD is just cleaning and germs, which can be true, but for a lot of people it’s different to that. …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContact’Dawn’By OCDUKYA MollyD on’t follow the feeling – it’s a trap! A ctions first, your brain will then learn and follow on. W ho will you trust? OCD, or your family? N ow …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactA Hall of MirrorsI look around and around, at the mirrors all over, I can’t clear my head there is never any closure. So many different directions, so many different paths, who knows how long this feeling …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy OCDUKYA Rachel “Have you heard of OCD?” My teacher once asked the class and me. “It’s liking things neat? It’s being a perfectionist; I wish I had it” another pupil said. I sat there with …
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD is my bullyBy OCDUKYA Theo My bully isn’t a student; OCD is my bully. It’s there when I’m at school, instead of filling my brain with newfound learning it’s filled with violent and devastating intrusive thoughts. …
We have decided to make drawing sessions a regular occurrence, to give those who enjoy creativity a place to express themselves and connect with other people who have OCD. And for those who are not used to doing anything creative, …
