I’m a highly neurotic person and when I reached my late twenties, a real and palpable anxiety set in. I had arrived home from my first steady job at 25, when a crushing sense of dread leapt onto my shoulders…
10 things the film As Good As It Gets does get so right about mental illness
As Good As It Gets is one of my all-time favourite films and having OCD makes me relate to its fantastic script even more. It’s also Mental Health Awareness week so I wanted to pass on the small wisdoms I’ve…
Intrusive thoughts are frightening but inherently normal and human
I remember feeling so desperate that I frantically googled ‘intrusive thoughts’ most days in a bid to find a solution to the constant fear. It was a cycle that I became trapped in as I felt severe anxiety every day…
The differences between CBT and counselling for OCD
When I first went to counselling, I felt absolutely desperate. It’s something I’d thought about, but, like many people, I didn’t do it until I felt like I couldn’t go on without help. After counselling I went to CBT as…
Why it’s so difficult to discuss self-harm and how to get help
I’ve never written about being an ex self-harmer, not out of shame but because I don’t want anyone to get ideas about self-harm, or to encourage it in any way. That said, it’s still an important thing to talk about…
