Professor T – New ITV crime drama

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Professor T – new ITV crime DramaComment by our Chief Executive, Ashley Fulwood.Ashley Fulwood3rd July 2021Share this postAs the bathroom door shuts on the graphic opening sequence of this new ITV drama series, it leaves our darkest imagination to fill …

Artwork created for ‘Drawing OCD’

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Welcome to the artwork page for ‘Drawing OCD’. We wanted a page to show off some of the artwork which has been created during our drawing workshops. If you have previously joined one of our drawing workshops and would like …

Charlotte F – OCD & Education

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Charlotte CIn my experience, schools may struggle to understand and to recognise OCD. Before I started CBT in late 2019, my OCD had been particularly bad in a school setting and took a real …

Charlotte C – OCD & Education

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Young Ambassadors HomeAboutOur PostsContactOCD & EducationBy Charlotte C Please complete our short, anonymous feedback form about Charlotte’s post

Rachel – OCD & Education

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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

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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

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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 …

Mia talks OCD with Tom Rosenthal

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Lived Experience VideoMia talks OCD with Tom RosenthalOCDUKYA Mia talks OCD with actor and comedian, Tom Rosenthal.Mia In April, OCD-UK Young Ambassador Mia was joined by OCD-UK’s Ashley Fulwood and Zoe Wilson as they interviewed Tom Rosenthal about his OCD …

Emily – OCD & Education

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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

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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

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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

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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 …