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I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 3
Now that we’ve covered one of the main categories of signs and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - the obsessions - let’s take a look at the other category - the compulsions.
In the case of OCD, a compulsion is a repetitive behavior you feel driven […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 2
Earlier we discussed the definition, signs, and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Now, let’s dig a bit deeper into one of the main OCD signs and symptoms - the obsessions.
You probably have a pretty decent, working idea of what an obsession is. Many of us […]
I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries - Part 1
To start I Must Shave My Legs: The OCD Miniseries here at Mental Health Notes, I thought we’d begin with the basics. Simply put, what is OCD and what are the signs and symptoms of OCD?
What is OCD?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is an anxiety disorder […]
Last Saturday, I posted my thoughts about the six white crosses placed on “snow hill” at Northern Illinois University.
My thoughts (which, in that post, were centered around Steven Kazmierczak’s alleged mental illness and his name being left off the sixth blank cross) unfortunately drew a negative reaction from one of Kazmierczak’s victim’s relatives. I attempted […]
Last week I spoke, or wrote, with a Mental Health Notes reader who is currently taking Cymbalta and is eight weeks pregnant. (She was seven weeks at the time, but being the mathematical genius I am, I figured out she was eight weeks now. Yes, that’s sarcasm - I suck at math.)
Anyway, this reader - […]
Back in September, I fired my psychiatrist. After being on Lamictal for a bit over a year, I decided the side effects just weren’t worth the trouble. Too, I was constantly having to change the dosage and play around with the time I took it - neither process helped with the side effects. (Note that […]
On Friday, I posted my most recent feelings of frustration with Grey’s Anatomy - namely, the way the writers wrote in a small storyline regarding a man who, to me, seemed to have Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), but blatantly ignored this character both on the show and in the writers’ room.
I am very fortunate […]
Hey folks! Thanks to Kendra and Laura, I was informed that today kicks off the National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week.
According the to the awareness Web site, “96% of chronic illness is invisible.”
Does mental illness fall into the invisible chronic illness category?
You bet your psych meds it does!
The folks behind NICIAW provide online conferences, informational […]
I’d like to follow up on The Mental Benefits of A Good Massage - A Brain Massage, That Is, posted near the beginning of August.
The fabulous BamaGal informed me that:
When someone stops talking after a head injury—it is called aphasia–there are several forms of aphasia—but this is called expressive aphasia […] Having worked for several […]
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