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 …
Lucy – OCD & Education
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 …
Rachel – Stigma
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 …
Emily – OCD & Education
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. …
Molly – Dawn
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 …
Holly – A hall of mirrors
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 …
Rachel – OCD & Education
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 …
Theo – OCD is my bully
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. …
Millie-Grace – OCD & Relationships
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & RelationshipsBy OCDUKYA Millie-GraceFamily I am very lucky that my family have always been supportive of me, and my struggles with OCD. They have arranged doctor’s appointments to help me get a diagnosis, and they saw …
Helena – OCD & Relationships
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & RelationshipsBy OCDUKYA Helena‘I always thought my OCD would hinder romantic relationships with others; with the theme of my thoughts causing me to be afraid that ‘I’ll mess it all up’ and ‘I’ll scare them away’. …
Charlotte C – OCD & Relationships
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & RelationshipsBy OCDUKYA CharlotteCharlotte has shared with us a couple of Illustrations to show how OCD can affect relationships. Thank you Charlotte, for sharing your wonderful work! Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Charlotte’s …
Abby – OCD & Relationships
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & RelationshipsBy OCDUKYA Abby”Please keep talking to others and opening up. No matter how guilty OCD makes you feel, remind yourself that OCD is a bully and wants you to suffer. Your feelings of guilt are …
