Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Struggling 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 …

Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact OCDUKYA 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 …

Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact OCDUKYA Tom Dear 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, …

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Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact OCDUKYA Millie-Grace To the recently diagnosed, I was diagnosed with contamination and order OCD nearly three years ago. Since then I have had two years of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention. …

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Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact OCDUKYA Emily The Reality of OCD By Emily – OCD is pure darkness that penetrates my mind. It traps me and consumes me in fear- with its constant ramble of intrusive thoughts. So, …

Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Recovery By OCDUKYA Anna There is not a word in the dictionary that I could use to effectively describe what recovery feels like. It is a freedom unlike any other, a release from …

Young Ambassadors Home About Our Posts Contact Recovery By OCDUKYA Lucy Life before I developed obsessive-compulsive disorder cannot be described as anything other than free.  A life when ‘the five second rule’ still applied, of sharing water bottles and chapstick, …