Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContact’My Blurb’ – By Emily The latest theme for the young ambassadors is called ‘The Blurb’. The aim of the brief is to write a blurb for a book. The book is about themselves, OCD and the …
Ekram – Stereotyping
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactDear Stereotypes,To all the shops and companies that have profited from trivialising OCD. To all the people, especially celebrities, using OCD as an adjective to describe being tidy or organised. To all the people using innocuous-looking phrases like …
Isabel – This is not OCD
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactThis is NOT OCD – By IsabelDear Stereotypes, If this is your perception of OCD, then you have got it all wrong! OCD is a destructive disorder. 1.2% of the UK’s population suffer with it and many …
India – OCD Stereotyping
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContact’Dear Stereotypes’ – By IndiaIndia has created an Illustration for our ‘Dear Stereotypes’ theme, along with some writing about why she created it, and her experiences with stereotypes. Thank you for sharing this with us India.As unlikely …
Holly – Poem
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactPoetry by OCDUKYA Holly“My OCD makes me quirky, I can line up my pencils to perfection! I love to clean when my room gets messy, I won’t stop until it is done. My OCD makes me happy, …
Emily – This is OCD
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContact’Dear Stereotypes’ – By Emily We are focusing on stereotyping OCD for our latest young ambassador theme! Emily, one of our incredible young ambassadors, has shared this photo with us for the project. A picture speaks a …
Millie-Grace – Stereotyping Letter
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactDear Stereotypes, Someone once asked me, what is good about OCD? I only have one answer. Anyone who has suffered from OCD is so much stronger now than they were before! OCD is a constant mental struggle, …
Minnie – A letter to the Stereotypes
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactDear Stereotypes, I want to let you know that you try to make me feel like my illness is a friend when, in reality, it’s a cruel bully. You make me feel like OCD is some kind of …
Grace – OCD & Stereotyping
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactDear Stereotypes,OCD is more than you think. Whilst you might think you are ‘SO OCD’ because you like to have a tidy room, you couldn’t be more wrong. For me, it isn’t compulsive tapping, handwashing or any …
Celeste – Dear Prospective Employer
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContact”I created this letter to show how ridiculous and over the top most of the common misconceptions of OCD are. OCD suffers can suffer the symptoms included, but the most important thing is to educate yourself and …
Lena – A letter to stereotypes
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactA letter to stereotypes – By LenaDear StereotypesI do not think you realise how much it hurts to have the thing that scares you most, belittled and treated as if it were a mere phase. I do …
Lucy – Stereotyping OCD
Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactDear Stereotypes,To the girl in my sociology class who called her pretty notes “OCD”. To the Instagram accounts filled with pictures of satisfying order and colour, describing them with my disorder. To the “Friends” fans who nicknamed Monica …
