Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA Rachel Myths Vs Truths If we could paint a story of OCD, I think our stories would differ. I as a sufferer would say that it hurts, you would say they’re just some thoughts I can …
Tom – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA TomDear The Media, OCD is not a personality quirk. It is not just perfectionism or germaphobia. No, you can’t joke about it or treat it as the lesser of mental illnesses, and no, we don’t “need …
Cerys – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths OCDUKYA Cerys has created this Illustration to portray some truths about OCD Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Cerys’s Illustration Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths OCDUKYA Cerys …
Celeste – Recovery
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecoveryAn Illustration by OCDUKYA Celeste Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Celeste’s Illustration Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Recovery An Illustration by OCDUKYA Celeste Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Celeste’s …
Theo – Me & the Friendly Monster
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMe & the “Friendly” MonsterBy OCDUKYA Theo“Never walk alone”, he uttered. Pledging, security, and certainty. Living became shielded from harm. Coming at a cost, one with no final price. Gifted reassurance with the cost, so it seemed …
Millie-Grace – To the recently diagnosed
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA Millie-GraceTo the recently diagnosed,I was diagnosed with contamination and order OCD nearly three years ago. Since then I have had two years of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention. Ever since I started therapy, I …
Amy – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs TruthsBy OCDUKYA Amy Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Amy’s post Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Amy Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Amy’s …
Mia – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Mia Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Mia’s post Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Mia Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about …
Emily – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCDUKYA Emily The Reality of OCDBy Emily- OCD is pure darkness that penetrates my mind. It traps me and consumes me in fear- with its constant ramble of intrusive thoughts. So, no, you should not say that …
Anna – Recovery
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA AnnaThere is not a word in the dictionary that I could use to effectively describe what recovery feels like. It is a freedom unlike any other, a release from chains that no one else …
Lucy – Recovery
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA Lucy Life before I developed obsessive-compulsive disorder cannot be described as anything other than free. A life when ‘the five second rule’ still applied, of sharing water bottles and chapstick, a brain filled with …
Lena – Recovery
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecovery By OCDUKYA LenaRecovery for me means freedom. Freedom and the ability to do what I want, when I want, without being subjected to a flood of intrusive thoughts. I would be able to take breaks without …
