Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & Christmas By OCDUKYA LaurenLauren: “People who experience OCD at Christmas time can feel a lot of pressure to seem or come across as happy, but inside they are exhausted. You are busy trying to hide …
Amy – OCD & Christmas
Myths
“People with OCD must be tidy”
“OCD is less severe than other mental illnesses”
Lena – Myths Vs Truths
Myths
“People with OCD must be tidy”
“OCD is less severe than other mental illnesses”
Lucy – Myths Vs Truths
Myths Vs Truths by OCDUKYA Lucy
Isabel – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA Isabel I wanted to talk about a comment that I have heard twice recently: the myth that “Everyone has a bit of OCD”. During the pandemic, I understand that many people have …
Lauren – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths By OCDUKYA LaurenOCD-UK’s Young Ambassador, Lauren, has created this Illustration for us for the ‘Myths Vs Truths’ theme this month. Thank you for sharing Lauren. Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Lauren’s …
Brodie – To the recently diagnosed
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactTo the recently diagnosedBy OCDUKYA Brodie At the beginning of your recovery journey, the initial step is to start to manage your OCD. Thank you to OCD-UK Young Ambassador Brodie for their words of hope and encouragement …
Anna – Myths Vs Truths
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactMyths Vs Truths OCDUKYA Anna has shared with us an Illustration to show the trivialisation of OCD Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Anna’s post Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Myths Vs Truths …
Cerys – Recovery
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactRecoveryOCDUKYA Cerys has created this Illustration to portray what recovery means to them. Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Cerys’s Illustration Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Recovery OCDUKYA Cerys has created this Illustration …
India – Struggling without a diagnosis
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactStruggling without a diagnosis – India Diagnoses are really important, but they’re also a privilege. In areas where funding is low or psychiatric demand is high, it can be really challenging to get a diagnosis. I was …
Rachel – Myths Vs Truths
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 …
